A typical Miniature Pinscher tops out around 19.1 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 26.06 mph. 3.6 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Miniature Pinscher would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 127 Miniature Pinschers, a typical Miniature Pinscher tops out at 19.1 mph, and half of them run faster than 19.9 mph. That makes the Miniature Pinscher the 166th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
5 Miniature Pinschers have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Toy breeds, the typical Miniature Pinscher is faster than 6 of 8. The Italian Greyhound is the quickest of the bunch at 23.5 mph, and the Chinese Crested (19.3 mph) runs closest to the Miniature Pinscher. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 4.4 mph gap to the Italian Greyhound is about 1.98 seconds.
Capone Mullen holds the fastest consistent run by any Miniature Pinscher: 26.06 mph at the Sierra Slopes Ibizan Hounds in California on June 30, 2018. That's 100 yards in 7.85 seconds.
AKC's results also show Emberlina Jolie at 27.09 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 20.23 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 Pinscher is Minchi The Menace BCAT, with a best of 24.15 mph over 6 logged runs.
Miniature Pinschers come in more than one Fast CAT height group. 87 measured under 12 inches and averaged 18.6 mph; 40 measured 12 to 18 inches and averaged 20.4 mph. Smaller dogs earn extra points per mph toward their titles, so the shorter ones rack up titles faster.
Not really, but more are running. In 2018, 28 Miniature Pinschers ran Fast CAT, typically at 18.9 mph. In 2025 it was 40 dogs at 18.6 mph.
Virginia has the most Miniature Pinscher runs, 438 of them, followed by Maryland, Minnesota, Michigan. The fastest Miniature Pinscher run in Virginia is 23.16 mph.
Any AKC-registered Miniature 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.