A typical German Pinscher tops out around 23.5 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 29.30 mph. 0.8 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest German Pinschers outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 1.5 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 136 German Pinschers, a typical German Pinscher tops out at 23.5 mph, and half of them run faster than 24.1 mph. That makes the German Pinscher the 57th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 2 German Pinschers have ever broken 30 mph, and 46 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Working breeds, the typical German Pinscher is faster than 5 of 8. The Boxer is the quickest of the bunch at 25.2 mph, and the Siberian Husky (23.6 mph) runs closest to the German Pinscher. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 1.7 mph gap to the Boxer is about 0.58 seconds.
Daveren's Kiara holds the fastest consistent run by any German Pinscher: 29.30 mph at the Rocky Mountain Borzoi Club in Colorado on October 23, 2022. That's 100 yards in 6.98 seconds.
AKC's results also show Aritaur Bibi Dahl at 33.95 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 27.83 mph. A jump that big is usually a timing or typing error, so we flag it rather than crown it.
German Pinschers come in more than one Fast CAT height group. 74 measured over 18 inches and averaged 23.4 mph; 62 measured 12 to 18 inches and averaged 23.6 mph. Smaller dogs earn extra points per mph toward their titles, so the shorter ones rack up titles faster.
Not lately. The typical German Pinscher ran 24.0 mph in 2021 (25 dogs) and 22.4 mph in 2025 (56 dogs). As more everyday pets join in, the average moves around.
Washington has the most German Pinscher runs, 623 of them, followed by California, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania. The fastest German Pinscher run in Washington is 33.95 mph.
Any AKC-registered German Pinscher 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.