A typical Miniature Poodle tops out around 20.4 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 27.57 mph. 2.3 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Miniature Poodle would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 391 Miniature Poodles, a typical Miniature Poodle tops out at 20.4 mph, and half of them run faster than 21.0 mph. That makes the Miniature Poodle the 144th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
15 Miniature Poodles have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Non-Sporting breeds, the typical Miniature Poodle is faster than 3 of 8. The Dalmatian is the quickest of the bunch at 25.1 mph, and the Keeshond (20.4 mph) runs closest to the Miniature Poodle. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 4.6 mph gap to the Dalmatian is about 1.84 seconds.
Baby Baby You're The One holds the fastest consistent run by any Miniature Poodle: 27.57 mph at the German Shepherd Dog Club of Atlanta in Georgia on September 12, 2020. That's 100 yards in 7.42 seconds.
AKC's results also show Moonlight Becomes Her at 29.99 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 22.68 mph. A jump that big is usually a timing or typing error, so we flag it rather than crown it.
A little. The typical Miniature Poodle ran 18.6 mph in 2018 (25 dogs) and 20.8 mph in 2025 (126 dogs). As more everyday pets join in, the average moves around.
Wisconsin has the most Miniature Poodle runs, 812 of them, followed by Ohio, Missouri, Florida. The fastest Miniature Poodle run in Wisconsin is 25.47 mph.
Any AKC-registered Miniature Poodle 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.