A typical Rottweiler tops out around 22.6 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 29.87 mph. Right in line with the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Rottweilers outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 2.1 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 844 Rottweilers, a typical Rottweiler tops out at 22.6 mph, and half of them run faster than 23.5 mph. That makes the Rottweiler the 87th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 1 Rottweiler has ever broken 30 mph, and 233 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Working breeds, the typical Rottweiler is faster than 5 of 8. The Boxer is the quickest of the bunch at 25.2 mph, and the Great Dane (22.1 mph) runs closest to the Rottweiler. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 2.6 mph gap to the Boxer is about 0.93 seconds.
Vom Red's Carianne holds the fastest consistent run by any Rottweiler: 29.87 mph at the Hamilton Dog Training Club in Ohio on April 19, 2024. That's 100 yards in 6.85 seconds.
AKC's results also show Frye's Tank at 34.40 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 24.75 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 Rottweiler is Guts, with a best of 27.79 mph over 62 logged runs.
Not really, but more are running. In 2017, 45 Rottweilers ran Fast CAT, typically at 23.1 mph. In 2025 it was 215 dogs at 22.7 mph.
Wisconsin has the most Rottweiler runs, 1,275 of them, followed by Ohio, Florida, New Jersey. The fastest Rottweiler run in Wisconsin is 29.03 mph.
Any AKC-registered Rottweiler 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.