A typical Collie tops out around 20.4 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 28.49 mph. 2.3 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Collies outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 0.7 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 874 Collies, a typical Collie tops out at 20.4 mph, and half of them run faster than 21.1 mph. That makes the Collie the 143rd fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
78 Collies have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Herding breeds, the typical Collie is faster than 2 of 8. The Belgian Malinois is the quickest of the bunch at 26.9 mph, and the Shetland Sheepdog (19.6 mph) runs closest to the Collie. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 6.4 mph gap to the Belgian Malinois is about 2.38 seconds.
Overland Talent Scout holds the fastest consistent run by any Collie: 28.49 mph at the Sunshine State Rhodesian Ridgeback Club in Florida on January 9, 2026. That's 100 yards in 7.18 seconds.
AKC's results also show Tamiami's Carmenn Rookery Bay at 28.77 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 26.88 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 Collie is Cruise, with a best of 25.28 mph over 25 logged runs.
Not really, but more are running. In 2018, 46 Collies ran Fast CAT, typically at 20.9 mph. In 2025 it was 271 dogs at 20.6 mph.
New Jersey has the most Collie runs, 1,334 of them, followed by Florida, California, North Carolina. The fastest Collie run in New Jersey is 27.20 mph.
Any AKC-registered Collie 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.