A typical Yakutian Laika tops out around 23.0 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 27.27 mph. Right in line with the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Yakutian Laika would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 52 Yakutian Laikas, a typical Yakutian Laika tops out at 23.0 mph, and half of them run faster than 23.2 mph. That makes the Yakutian Laika the 74th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
16 Yakutian Laikas have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Working breeds, the typical Yakutian Laika is faster than 5 of 8. The Boxer is the quickest of the bunch at 25.2 mph, and the Rottweiler (22.6 mph) runs closest to the Yakutian Laika. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 2.2 mph gap to the Boxer is about 0.78 seconds.
Nightside's Tragedy Of The Romanovs holds the fastest consistent run by any Yakutian Laika: 27.27 mph at the Shawnee Kennel Club in Virginia on November 27, 2025. That's 100 yards in 7.50 seconds.
AKC's results also show Hickory Meadows Dark Side Of The Moon at 28.69 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 25.61 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 Yakutian Laika is Sylphiette, with a best of 26.91 mph over 74 logged runs.
Ohio has the most Yakutian Laika runs, 181 of them, followed by Connecticut, Texas, Michigan. The fastest Yakutian Laika run in Ohio is 25.86 mph.
Any AKC-registered Yakutian Laika 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.