A typical English Cocker Spaniel tops out around 20.4 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 29.90 mph. 2.3 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest English Cocker Spaniels outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 2.1 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 526 English Cocker Spaniels, a typical English Cocker Spaniel tops out at 20.4 mph, and half of them run faster than 20.3 mph. That makes the English Cocker Spaniel the 145th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 1 English Cocker Spaniel has ever broken 30 mph, and 54 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Sporting breeds, the typical English Cocker Spaniel is the slowest of the 9. The Vizsla is the quickest of the bunch at 24.9 mph, and the English Springer Spaniel (22.2 mph) runs closest to the English Cocker Spaniel. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 4.5 mph gap to the Vizsla is about 1.79 seconds.
Rascal Stevens holds the fastest consistent run by any English Cocker Spaniel: 29.90 mph at the Greater Ocala Dog Club in Florida on May 3, 2026. That's 100 yards in 6.84 seconds.
AKC's results also show Eshod's Hot Wings at 34.26 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 25.50 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 English Cocker Spaniel is Floyd, with a best of 25.35 mph over 6 logged runs.
A little. The typical English Cocker Spaniel ran 20.3 mph in 2019 (36 dogs) and 21.0 mph in 2025 (170 dogs). As more everyday pets join in, the average moves around.
Wisconsin has the most English Cocker Spaniel runs, 825 of them, followed by Ohio, Texas, California. The fastest English Cocker Spaniel run in Wisconsin is 26.57 mph.
Any AKC-registered English Cocker Spaniel 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.
Fast CAT rankings ยท How fast is a dog?
Speeds from AKC Fast CAT results. Photographers: spotted your work? Tell us at [email protected] and we'll credit it or take it down.