A typical Wirehaired Pointing Griffon tops out around 24.0 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 29.14 mph. 1.3 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Wirehaired Pointing Griffons outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 1.3 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 98 Wirehaired Pointing Griffons, a typical Wirehaired Pointing Griffon tops out at 24.0 mph, and half of them run faster than 24.6 mph. That makes the Wirehaired Pointing Griffon the 40th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
43 Wirehaired Pointing Griffons have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Sporting breeds, the typical Wirehaired Pointing Griffon is faster than 5 of 8. The Vizsla is the quickest of the bunch at 24.9 mph, and the Weimaraner (24.2 mph) runs closest to the Wirehaired Pointing Griffon. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 0.9 mph gap to the Vizsla is about 0.30 seconds.
Hazelnoot On Hudson Zoet Karamel holds the fastest consistent run by any Wirehaired Pointing Griffon: 29.14 mph at the Shawangunk Kennel Club in New York on April 7, 2023. That's 100 yards in 7.02 seconds.
Not lately. The typical Wirehaired Pointing Griffon ran 24.3 mph in 2022 (25 dogs) and 23.5 mph in 2025 (41 dogs). As more everyday pets join in, the average moves around.
North Carolina has the most Wirehaired Pointing Griffon runs, 124 of them, followed by Virginia, Missouri, Georgia. The fastest Wirehaired Pointing Griffon run in North Carolina is 27.52 mph.
Any AKC-registered Wirehaired Pointing Griffon 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.