A typical Ibizan Hound tops out around 26.2 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 33.48 mph. 3.5 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Ibizan Hounds outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 5.7 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 284 Ibizan Hounds, a typical Ibizan Hound tops out at 26.2 mph, and half of them run faster than 26.9 mph. That makes the Ibizan Hound the 9th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 21 Ibizan Hounds have ever broken 30 mph, and 216 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Hound breeds, the typical Ibizan Hound is faster than 5 of 8. The Greyhound is the quickest of the bunch at 32.9 mph, and the Rhodesian Ridgeback (24.7 mph) runs closest to the Ibizan Hound. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 6.7 mph gap to the Greyhound is about 1.59 seconds.
Dugualla's Let Your Light Shine Down holds the fastest consistent run by any Ibizan Hound: 33.48 mph at the Ibizan Hound Club of the United States in Missouri on September 12, 2025. That's 100 yards in 6.11 seconds.
AKC's results also show Wirtu's Airs Above The Ground at 36.79 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 34.30 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 Ibizan Hound is Luka, with a best of 33.48 mph over 20 logged runs.
A little. The typical Ibizan Hound ran 24.9 mph in 2018 (34 dogs) and 27.3 mph in 2025 (75 dogs). As more everyday pets join in, the average moves around.
Missouri has the most Ibizan Hound runs, 349 of them, followed by Washington, California, Florida. The fastest Ibizan Hound run in Missouri is 34.09 mph.
Ibizan Hounds are sighthounds, built for exactly this: a straight sprint after a lure. Most catch on in a run or two. Any AKC-registered Ibizan Hound 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.