A typical Chinese Crested tops out around 19.3 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 27.24 mph. 3.4 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Chinese Crested would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 467 Chinese Cresteds, a typical Chinese Crested tops out at 19.3 mph, and half of them run faster than 20.1 mph. That makes the Chinese Crested the 161st fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
20 Chinese Cresteds have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Toy breeds, the typical Chinese Crested is faster than 7 of 8. The Italian Greyhound is the quickest of the bunch at 23.5 mph, and the Toy Fox Terrier (18.8 mph) runs closest to the Chinese Crested. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 4.2 mph gap to the Italian Greyhound is about 1.90 seconds.
Muso Grazioso Carino Zuchero Zukor holds the fastest consistent run by any Chinese Crested: 27.24 mph at the Berkshire Belgian Tervuren Club in Connecticut on May 25, 2024. That's 100 yards in 7.51 seconds.
AKC's results also show Palmetto's 3rd Times A Charm at 29.89 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 23.65 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 Chinese Crested is Phoenix, with a best of 23.59 mph over 9 logged runs.
Chinese Cresteds come in more than one Fast CAT height group. 249 measured under 12 inches and averaged 18.9 mph; 215 measured 12 to 18 inches and averaged 19.9 mph. Smaller dogs earn extra points per mph toward their titles, so the shorter ones rack up titles faster.
A little. The typical Chinese Crested ran 18.6 mph in 2019 (57 dogs) and 20.3 mph in 2025 (152 dogs). As more everyday pets join in, the average moves around.
Florida has the most Chinese Crested runs, 939 of them, followed by North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia. The fastest Chinese Crested run in Florida is 29.89 mph.
Any AKC-registered Chinese Crested over 12 months old can enter, and your dog runs alone down a straight 100 yards. Most dogs figure out the lure fast. Have someone your dog will run to waiting past the finish line, because a dog that stops to check on you can lose a second or two.
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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.