A typical Vizsla tops out around 24.9 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 32.26 mph. 2.2 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Vizslas outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 4.5 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 1,292 Vizslas, a typical Vizsla tops out at 24.9 mph, and half of them run faster than 25.7 mph. That makes the Vizsla the 20th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 28 Vizslas have ever broken 30 mph, and 805 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Sporting breeds, the typical Vizsla is the fastest of them all. The German Shorthaired Pointer (24.8 mph) comes closest. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 0.1 mph gap to the German Shorthaired Pointer is about 0.02 seconds.
Basalt Bluffs Charlotte holds the fastest consistent run by any Vizsla: 32.26 mph at the Inland Gazehound Fanciers of Greater Spokane in Washington on May 26, 2019. That's 100 yards in 6.34 seconds.
AKC's results also show Russet Leather Stormwinds Paiyatamu at 33.92 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 26.88 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 Vizsla is Toby, with a best of 32.16 mph over 56 logged runs.
Not really, but more are running. In 2017, 66 Vizslas ran Fast CAT, typically at 24.6 mph. In 2025 it was 356 dogs at 24.9 mph.
Wisconsin has the most Vizsla runs, 1,353 of them, followed by California, New Jersey, Ohio. The fastest Vizsla run in Wisconsin is 32.26 mph.
Any AKC-registered Vizsla 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.