A typical Great Pyrenees tops out around 19.3 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 26.06 mph. 3.4 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Great Pyrenees would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 139 Great Pyreneeses, a typical Great Pyrenees tops out at 19.3 mph, and half of them run faster than 19.8 mph. That makes the Great Pyrenees the 163rd fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
5 Great Pyreneeses have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Working breeds, the typical Great Pyrenees is the slowest of the 9. The Boxer is the quickest of the bunch at 25.2 mph, and the Samoyed (21.4 mph) runs closest to the Great Pyrenees. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 5.9 mph gap to the Boxer is about 2.50 seconds.
R Pyr Rock-A-Hula Baby! holds the fastest consistent run by any Great Pyrenees: 26.06 mph at the San Luis Obispo Kennel Club in California on March 29, 2024. That's 100 yards in 7.85 seconds.
On Dash-Hound, the fastest Great Pyrenees is Odin, with a best of 22.33 mph over 6 logged runs.
Not lately. The typical Great Pyrenees ran 19.6 mph in 2021 (34 dogs) and 18.7 mph in 2025 (39 dogs). As more everyday pets join in, the average moves around.
North Carolina has the most Great Pyrenees runs, 546 of them, followed by Wisconsin, New York, Colorado. The fastest Great Pyrenees run in North Carolina is 24.42 mph.
Any AKC-registered Great Pyrenees 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.