Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

One number per line - 18616 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #2710 / 3842
  • Number of attempts: 2
Swap values inside brackets - 2464 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 45
  • Position: #558 / 569
  • Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 4751 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #600 / 1879
  • Number of attempts: 3
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2845 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #772 / 840
  • Number of attempts: 1
Com(m)a Trouble - 3675 entries

Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 38
  • Position: #762 / 827
  • Number of attempts: 1
That hyphen - 2556 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #664 / 695
  • Number of attempts: 1
SFD-ROC: The Quick Brown Fox - 169 entries

Someone has vandalized our text (again). Please fix to read: The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #99 / 101
  • Number of attempts: 1
Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1091 entries

Oops, I spelled that wrong.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #402 / 441
  • Number of attempts: 2
Append semicolon after expressions - 1005 entries

Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #343 / 403
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5036 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #1216 / 1736
  • Number of attempts: 2
The meaning - 558 entries

Numbers are fun!

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #281 / 356
  • Number of attempts: 2
A Simple One - 1001 entries

Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #478 / 643
  • Number of attempts: 2
Increment, increment, increment.... - 662 entries

Vim likes macros

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #23 / 401
  • Number of attempts: 2
Make Fancy Header - 1014 entries

Make the header text stand out with surrounding asterisks

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #112 / 338
  • Number of attempts: 3
Sort and add attributes - 1327 entries

Sort the states and add the attribute country to each record.

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #211 / 529
  • Number of attempts: 2
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