A typical Dalmatian tops out around 25.1 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 32.21 mph. 2.4 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Dalmatians outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 4.4 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 1,378 Dalmatians, a typical Dalmatian tops out at 25.1 mph, and half of them run faster than 25.8 mph. That makes the Dalmatian the 19th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 22 Dalmatians have ever broken 30 mph, and 864 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Non-Sporting breeds, the typical Dalmatian is the fastest of them all. The Standard Poodle (22.9 mph) comes closest. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 2.2 mph gap to the Standard Poodle is about 0.77 seconds.
Hot2spot's Rocked My World holds the fastest consistent run by any Dalmatian: 32.21 mph at the Vallejo Dog Training Club in California on October 17, 2020. That's 100 yards in 6.35 seconds.
AKC's results also show Soulryde N Rim Rock's Are We There Yet? at 32.52 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 30.30 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 Dalmatian is Bodhi, with a best of 29.30 mph over 90 logged runs.
Not really, but more are running. In 2016, 25 Dalmatians ran Fast CAT, typically at 25.4 mph. In 2025 it was 456 dogs at 25.0 mph.
California has the most Dalmatian runs, 2,634 of them, followed by Florida, Ohio, Georgia. The fastest Dalmatian run in California is 32.42 mph.
Any AKC-registered Dalmatian 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.