A typical Cardigan Welsh Corgi tops out around 15.9 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 25.89 mph. 6.8 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Cardigan Welsh Corgi would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Corgi: same breed, same answer. Based on the best Fast CAT run of 786 Cardigan Welsh Corgis, a typical Cardigan Welsh Corgi tops out at 15.9 mph, and half of them run faster than 16.1 mph. That makes the Cardigan Welsh Corgi the 207th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 1 Cardigan Welsh Corgi has ever broken 30 mph, and 4 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Herding breeds, the typical Cardigan Welsh Corgi is the slowest of the 9. The Belgian Malinois is the quickest of the bunch at 26.9 mph, and the Pembroke Welsh Corgi (17.4 mph) runs closest to the Cardigan Welsh Corgi. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 11.0 mph gap to the Belgian Malinois is about 5.28 seconds.
Timepiece's The Main Event holds the fastest consistent run by any Cardigan Welsh Corgi: 25.89 mph at the Puyallup Valley Dog Fanciers in Washington on July 6, 2025. That's 100 yards in 7.90 seconds.
AKC's results also show Bluefox Quite Outrageous @ Cut2chase at 40.49 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 17.85 mph. A jump that big is usually a timing or typing error, so we flag it rather than crown it.
On Dash-Hound, the fastest Cardigan Welsh Corgi is Gryffin, with a best of 19.65 mph over 6 logged runs.
Cardigan Welsh Corgis come in more than one Fast CAT height group. 647 measured under 12 inches and averaged 15.8 mph; 133 measured 12 to 18 inches and averaged 16.4 mph. Smaller dogs earn extra points per mph toward their titles, so the shorter ones rack up titles faster.
Not lately. The typical Cardigan Welsh Corgi ran 16.4 mph in 2017 (25 dogs) and 15.8 mph in 2025 (269 dogs). As more everyday pets join in, the average moves around.
Wisconsin has the most Cardigan Welsh Corgi runs, 1,178 of them, followed by Ohio, New Jersey, Washington. The fastest Cardigan Welsh Corgi run in Wisconsin is 28.77 mph.
Short legs don't stop anyone from having a blast. Any AKC-registered Cardigan Welsh Corgi over 12 months old can enter, small dogs earn twice the points per mph toward their titles, and the crowd always cheers loudest for the little ones. Have someone your dog will run to waiting past the finish line.
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Speeds from AKC Fast CAT results. Photographers: spotted your work? Tell us at [email protected] and we'll credit it or take it down.