A typical Mountain Cur tops out around 24.9 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 29.52 mph. 2.2 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Mountain Curs outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 1.7 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 18 Mountain Curs, a typical Mountain Cur tops out at 24.9 mph, and half of them run faster than 25.5 mph. That makes the Mountain Cur the 21st fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
12 Mountain Curs have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Hound breeds, the typical Mountain Cur 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 Mountain Cur. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 8.0 mph gap to the Greyhound is about 2.01 seconds.
Bjorn Onni holds the fastest consistent run by any Mountain Cur: 29.52 mph at the Head of the Lakes Kennel Club in Wisconsin on June 29, 2025. That's 100 yards in 6.93 seconds.
Ohio has the most Mountain Cur runs, 108 of them, followed by New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Maine. The fastest Mountain Cur run in Ohio is 28.10 mph.
Any AKC-registered Mountain Cur 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.