A typical Greyhound tops out around 32.9 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 40.75 mph. 10.2 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Greyhounds outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 12.9 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 567 Greyhounds, a typical Greyhound tops out at 32.9 mph, and half of them run faster than 33.8 mph. That makes the Greyhound the fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
470 of the 567 Greyhounds timed (83%) have broken 30 mph, and 189 have topped 35.
Among the most popular Hound breeds, the typical Greyhound is the fastest of them all. The Whippet (30.3 mph) comes closest. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 2.7 mph gap to the Whippet is about 0.55 seconds.
Rml Jewel holds the fastest consistent run by any Greyhound: 40.75 mph at the Staten Island Companion Dog Training Club in New Jersey on November 7, 2021. That's 100 yards in 5.02 seconds.
On Dash-Hound, the fastest Greyhound is Jewel, with a best of 40.75 mph over 21 logged runs.
Not really, but more are running. In 2017, 25 Greyhounds ran Fast CAT, typically at 32.3 mph. In 2025 it was 162 dogs at 32.5 mph.
Florida has the most Greyhound runs, 1,022 of them, followed by Virginia, Michigan, Texas. The fastest Greyhound run in Florida is 40.34 mph.
Greyhounds are sighthounds, built for exactly this: a straight sprint after a lure. Most catch on in a run or two. Any AKC-registered Greyhound over 12 months old can enter, and the only real training is a reliable finish: have someone your dog will run to waiting past the 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.