A typical Treeing Walker Coonhound tops out around 22.4 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 28.33 mph. Right in line with the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Treeing Walker Coonhounds outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 0.5 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 49 Treeing Walker Coonhounds, a typical Treeing Walker Coonhound tops out at 22.4 mph, and half of them run faster than 23.1 mph. That makes the Treeing Walker Coonhound the 91st fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
12 Treeing Walker Coonhounds have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Hound breeds, the typical Treeing Walker Coonhound is faster than 2 of 8. The Greyhound is the quickest of the bunch at 32.9 mph, and the Basenji (23.2 mph) runs closest to the Treeing Walker Coonhound. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 10.5 mph gap to the Greyhound is about 2.90 seconds.
Rambling In Tall Grass holds the fastest consistent run by any Treeing Walker Coonhound: 28.33 mph at the Sugarbush Kennel Club in Ohio on October 26, 2025. That's 100 yards in 7.22 seconds.
Ohio has the most Treeing Walker Coonhound runs, 260 of them, followed by Florida, Kentucky, Iowa. The fastest Treeing Walker Coonhound run in Ohio is 28.33 mph.
Any AKC-registered Treeing Walker Coonhound 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.