A typical French Bulldog tops out around 17.4 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 26.95 mph. 5.3 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical French Bulldog would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Frenchie: same breed, same answer. Based on the best Fast CAT run of 795 French Bulldogs, a typical French Bulldog tops out at 17.4 mph, and half of them run faster than 17.6 mph. That makes the French Bulldog the 189th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 3 French Bulldogs have ever broken 30 mph, and 14 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Non-Sporting breeds, the typical French Bulldog is the slowest of the 9. The Dalmatian is the quickest of the bunch at 25.1 mph, and the Schipperke (19.8 mph) runs closest to the French Bulldog. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 7.6 mph gap to the Dalmatian is about 3.56 seconds.
Mudo The Mute Mutant holds the fastest consistent run by any French Bulldog: 26.95 mph at the West Volusia Kennel Club in Florida on September 19, 2020. That's 100 yards in 7.59 seconds.
AKC's results also show Sampson The Warrior Of Trinity at 40.91 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 14.19 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 French Bulldog is Django, with a best of 25.36 mph over 413 logged runs.
French Bulldogs come in more than one Fast CAT height group. 520 measured under 12 inches and averaged 16.9 mph; 269 measured 12 to 18 inches and averaged 18.4 mph. Smaller dogs earn extra points per mph toward their titles, so the shorter ones rack up titles faster.
A little. The typical French Bulldog ran 16.2 mph in 2018 (31 dogs) and 17.1 mph in 2025 (245 dogs). As more everyday pets join in, the average moves around.
Florida has the most French Bulldog runs, 1,309 of them, followed by Virginia, Georgia, Ohio. The fastest French Bulldog run in Florida is 26.95 mph.
Short legs don't stop anyone from having a blast. Any AKC-registered French Bulldog 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.