A typical Standard Poodle tops out around 22.9 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 28.97 mph. Right in line with the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Standard Poodles outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 1.2 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 932 Standard Poodles, a typical Standard Poodle tops out at 22.9 mph, and half of them run faster than 23.5 mph. That makes the Standard Poodle the 76th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 1 Standard Poodle has ever broken 30 mph, and 240 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Non-Sporting breeds, the typical Standard Poodle is faster than 7 of 8. The Dalmatian is the quickest of the bunch at 25.1 mph, and the Poodle (22.7 mph) runs closest to the Standard Poodle. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 2.2 mph gap to the Dalmatian is about 0.77 seconds.
Frank Desertdog Jabez holds the fastest consistent run by any Standard Poodle: 28.97 mph at the Chintimini Kennel Club in Oregon on July 2, 2022. That's 100 yards in 7.06 seconds.
AKC's results also show Waypoint's Step IIl Release The Krakken at 31.96 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 28.93 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 2017, 35 Standard Poodles ran Fast CAT, typically at 23.3 mph. In 2025 it was 313 dogs at 23.0 mph.
Wisconsin has the most Standard Poodle runs, 968 of them, followed by Ohio, Maryland, Florida. The fastest Standard Poodle run in Wisconsin is 28.06 mph.
Any AKC-registered Standard Poodle 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.