A typical Miniature Bull Terrier tops out around 20.2 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 25.01 mph. 2.5 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Miniature Bull Terrier would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 156 Miniature Bull Terriers, a typical Miniature Bull Terrier tops out at 20.2 mph, and half of them run faster than 20.7 mph. That makes the Miniature Bull Terrier the 151st fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
9 Miniature Bull Terriers have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Terrier breeds, the typical Miniature Bull Terrier is faster than 4 of 8. The American Staffordshire Terrier is the quickest of the bunch at 24.0 mph, and the Border Terrier (20.8 mph) runs closest to the Miniature Bull Terrier. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 3.8 mph gap to the American Staffordshire Terrier is about 1.61 seconds.
Protea's Banana Bros holds the fastest consistent run by any Miniature Bull Terrier: 25.01 mph at the Forest City Dog Training Club in Illinois on June 7, 2025. That's 100 yards in 8.18 seconds.
AKC's results also show Evolution's Embrace A Bull Sweet Babboo at 27.38 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 23.09 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 Miniature Bull Terrier is Zee, with a best of 21.35 mph over 8 logged runs.
Not really, but more are running. In 2022, 25 Miniature Bull Terriers ran Fast CAT, typically at 20.4 mph. In 2025 it was 50 dogs at 20.5 mph.
Ohio has the most Miniature Bull Terrier runs, 577 of them, followed by Pennsylvania, Florida, Texas. The fastest Miniature Bull Terrier run in Ohio is 27.38 mph.
Any AKC-registered Miniature Bull Terrier 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.