A typical Pembroke Welsh Corgi tops out around 17.4 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 30.17 mph. 5.3 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Pembroke Welsh Corgis outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 2.4 mph.
Corgi: same breed, same answer. Based on the best Fast CAT run of 1,637 Pembroke Welsh Corgis, a typical Pembroke Welsh Corgi tops out at 17.4 mph, and half of them run faster than 17.8 mph. That makes the Pembroke Welsh Corgi the 191st fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 5 Pembroke Welsh Corgis have ever broken 30 mph, and 27 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Herding breeds, the typical Pembroke Welsh Corgi is the slowest of the 9. The Belgian Malinois is the quickest of the bunch at 26.9 mph, and the Shetland Sheepdog (19.6 mph) runs closest to the Pembroke Welsh Corgi. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 9.5 mph gap to the Belgian Malinois is about 4.16 seconds.
Princess Diana Michelle Coward holds the fastest consistent run by any Pembroke Welsh Corgi: 30.17 mph at the Sugarbush Kennel Club in Ohio on August 25, 2018. That's 100 yards in 6.78 seconds.
AKC's results also show Tresaith's Dash Of Charisma at 34.15 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 17.75 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 Pembroke Welsh Corgi is Boomerang, with a best of 23.76 mph over 192 logged runs.
Pembroke Welsh Corgis come in more than one Fast CAT height group. 1,458 measured under 12 inches and averaged 17.4 mph; 165 measured 12 to 18 inches and averaged 17.5 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 2017, 50 Pembroke Welsh Corgis ran Fast CAT, typically at 16.7 mph. In 2025 it was 512 dogs at 17.2 mph.
Ohio has the most Pembroke Welsh Corgi runs, 2,264 of them, followed by Tennessee, Virginia, California. The fastest Pembroke Welsh Corgi run in Ohio is 33.28 mph.
Short legs don't stop anyone from having a blast. Any AKC-registered Pembroke Welsh Corgi over 12 months old can enter, small dogs earn twice the points per mph toward their titles, and the crowd always cheers loudest for the little ones. Have someone your dog will run to waiting past the finish 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.