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GLOBAL OPERATOR CHALLENGE

The Cat® Global Operator Challenge is Back!

We’re looking for the best operators of Cat construction machines from around the world. Are you one of them? Do you know someone who is? The Caterpillar Global Operator Challenge is where the best of the best showoff their skills — and one will take home the title “world champion.”

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May 15th

Eastvale, CA

June 5th

Shandon, CA

During each portion of the Global Operator Challenge, participants execute a variety of tasks, such as digging a trench, loading a precise amount of dirt, and hauling or maneuvering the equipment through a variety of obstacles. Scoring is based on the operator’s skills, efficiency, as well as his or her competence in using integrated technology to enhance the machine’s performance.

Heavy equipment machine operators test their skills against those of fellow operators.

In each stage of the competition, operators are challenged to test their agility, resilience and versatility, as well as their competence in using integrated technology to enhance machine performance such as Cat Production Measurement and Cat GRADE systems.

Participants will compete in four challenges:

The Big Dig
objective // Dig a trench to grade using 2D technology
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Precision Tracktor
objective // Load, dump & return to hit payload/pass count
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The Load & Go
objective // Maneuver a dozer through a pre-set course
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Mini-Masters
objective // “Play” the course & put the ball in the hole
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One (1) operator with the best overall score from all Quinn events combined will advance to the Caterpillar-sponsored regional events in North Carolina on September 22, 2025. 

Operators with the best overall score at the Caterpillar-sponsored regional event in North Carolina will advance to the Global Operator Challenge Final event at ConExpo-Con/Agg  March 3 – 7, 2026 in Las Vegas.

Cat Global Operator Challenge 2023. The final 9.

Check out the Cat® Global Operator Challenge Finals at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2023 in Las Vegas. The competition started with more than 10,000 participants — only nine made it to the finals.