A typical Wire Fox Terrier tops out around 20.4 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 25.01 mph. 2.3 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Wire Fox Terrier would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 130 Wire Fox Terriers, a typical Wire Fox Terrier tops out at 20.4 mph, and half of them run faster than 21.1 mph. That makes the Wire Fox Terrier the 149th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
3 Wire Fox Terriers have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Terrier breeds, the typical Wire Fox Terrier is faster than 4 of 8. The American Staffordshire Terrier is the quickest of the bunch at 24.0 mph, and the Border Terrier (20.8 mph) runs closest to the Wire Fox Terrier. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 3.7 mph gap to the American Staffordshire Terrier is about 1.54 seconds.
Kenleap Holywell Bay holds the fastest consistent run by any Wire Fox Terrier: 25.01 mph at the Dalmatian Club of the Piedmont in North Carolina on May 16, 2026. That's 100 yards in 8.18 seconds.
AKC's results also show Sqwire Garcia Aria Da Capo at 26.77 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 22.35 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 Wire Fox Terrier is Elmer, with a best of 25.01 mph over 101 logged runs.
A little. The typical Wire Fox Terrier ran 19.5 mph in 2020 (25 dogs) and 20.5 mph in 2025 (45 dogs). As more everyday pets join in, the average moves around.
Michigan has the most Wire Fox Terrier runs, 541 of them, followed by Ohio, Wisconsin, Tennessee. The fastest Wire Fox Terrier run in Michigan is 24.79 mph.
Any AKC-registered Wire Fox Terrier 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.