A typical Weimaraner tops out around 24.2 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 31.57 mph. 1.5 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Weimaraners outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 3.8 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 541 Weimaraners, a typical Weimaraner tops out at 24.2 mph, and half of them run faster than 24.9 mph. That makes the Weimaraner the 34th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 4 Weimaraners have ever broken 30 mph, and 259 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Sporting breeds, the typical Weimaraner is faster than 6 of 8. The Vizsla is the quickest of the bunch at 24.9 mph, and the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever (23.7 mph) runs closest to the Weimaraner. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 0.7 mph gap to the Vizsla is about 0.22 seconds.
Mufasa Vega Zymba's Pride holds the fastest consistent run by any Weimaraner: 31.57 mph at the National Beagle Club in Florida on November 13, 2016. That's 100 yards in 6.48 seconds.
AKC's results also show Blue Belle Scott at 36.33 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 31.91 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 Weimaraner is Sigmund, with a best of 29.47 mph over 43 logged runs.
Not really, but more are running. In 2017, 45 Weimaraners ran Fast CAT, typically at 24.6 mph. In 2025 it was 160 dogs at 24.1 mph.
California has the most Weimaraner runs, 1,265 of them, followed by Florida, Ohio, Maryland. The fastest Weimaraner run in California is 32.18 mph.
Any AKC-registered Weimaraner 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.