A typical Staffordshire Bull Terrier tops out around 22.5 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 28.81 mph. Right in line with the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Staffordshire Bull Terriers outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 1.0 mph.
Staffy: same breed, same answer. Based on the best Fast CAT run of 500 Staffordshire Bull Terriers, a typical Staffordshire Bull Terrier tops out at 22.5 mph, and half of them run faster than 23.1 mph. That makes the Staffordshire Bull Terrier the 88th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 5 Staffordshire Bull Terriers have ever broken 30 mph, and 90 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Terrier breeds, the typical Staffordshire Bull Terrier is faster than 6 of 8. The American Staffordshire Terrier is the quickest of the bunch at 24.0 mph, and the Parson Russell Terrier (21.9 mph) runs closest to the Staffordshire Bull Terrier. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 1.6 mph gap to the American Staffordshire Terrier is about 0.59 seconds.
Xtreme's Burning Bright holds the fastest consistent run by any Staffordshire Bull Terrier: 28.81 mph at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Kennel Club in Mississippi on November 4, 2022. That's 100 yards in 7.10 seconds.
AKC's results also show Rockstaff Finn Mccool at 36.87 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 25.38 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 Staffordshire Bull Terrier is Joule, with a best of 27.42 mph over 94 logged runs.
A little. The typical Staffordshire Bull Terrier ran 21.8 mph in 2017 (27 dogs) and 22.7 mph in 2025 (158 dogs). As more everyday pets join in, the average moves around.
Ohio has the most Staffordshire Bull Terrier runs, 704 of them, followed by California, Texas, Maryland. The fastest Staffordshire Bull Terrier run in Ohio is 26.88 mph.
Any AKC-registered Staffordshire Bull Terrier 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.