A typical Pumi tops out around 23.9 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 30.12 mph. 1.2 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Pumis outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 2.3 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 203 Pumis, a typical Pumi tops out at 23.9 mph, and half of them run faster than 24.6 mph. That makes the Pumi the 44th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 2 Pumis have ever broken 30 mph, and 88 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Herding breeds, the typical Pumi is faster than 6 of 8. The Belgian Malinois is the quickest of the bunch at 26.9 mph, and the Australian Shepherd (23.8 mph) runs closest to the Pumi. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 3.0 mph gap to the Belgian Malinois is about 0.94 seconds.
Catskill Moka Miki Ponca holds the fastest consistent run by any Pumi: 30.12 mph at the Ramapo Kennel Club in New Jersey on August 30, 2026. That's 100 yards in 6.79 seconds.
AKC's results also show Catskill Kurtos Kelen at 31.71 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 28.89 mph. A jump that big is usually a timing or typing error, so we flag it rather than crown it.
Not really, but more are running. In 2018, 32 Pumis ran Fast CAT, typically at 24.1 mph. In 2025 it was 73 dogs at 24.5 mph.
New Jersey has the most Pumi runs, 729 of them, followed by Tennessee, Virginia, New York. The fastest Pumi run in New Jersey is 30.12 mph.
Any AKC-registered Pumi 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.