A typical Standard Schnauzer tops out around 21.9 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 27.72 mph. 0.8 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Standard Schnauzer would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 442 Standard Schnauzers, a typical Standard Schnauzer tops out at 21.9 mph, and half of them run faster than 22.9 mph. That makes the Standard Schnauzer the 107th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
100 Standard Schnauzers have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Working breeds, the typical Standard Schnauzer is faster than 2 of 8. The Boxer is the quickest of the bunch at 25.2 mph, and the Cane Corso (22.1 mph) runs closest to the Standard Schnauzer. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 3.3 mph gap to the Boxer is about 1.22 seconds.
Kamarich's Onaga holds the fastest consistent run by any Standard Schnauzer: 27.72 mph at the Potomac Valley Samoyed Club in Virginia on November 30, 2024. That's 100 yards in 7.38 seconds.
AKC's results also show The Wright Stuff at 29.82 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 25.66 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 Standard Schnauzer is Penny, with a best of 24.09 mph over 17 logged runs.
Standard Schnauzers come in more than one Fast CAT height group. 244 measured over 18 inches and averaged 22.4 mph; 198 measured 12 to 18 inches and averaged 21.2 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 2018, 68 Standard Schnauzers ran Fast CAT, typically at 21.9 mph. In 2025 it was 121 dogs at 22.3 mph.
Virginia has the most Standard Schnauzer runs, 1,005 of them, followed by Maryland, Texas, Ohio. The fastest Standard Schnauzer run in Virginia is 27.72 mph.
Any AKC-registered Standard Schnauzer 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.