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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 54345d14d529ef0002227d4c

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"vim vi improved"

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Solutions

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578 active golfers, 1992 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#331 - Anderson Mesquita / @andersonvom

12/06/2014 at 12:47AM

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#332 - Frederik Vosberg / @FrediVosberg

12/11/2014 at 11:54AM

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#333 - Erim Secla / @Alcesmire

12/15/2014 at 05:08AM

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#334 - d1uckym d1uckym / @d1uckym

12/18/2014 at 10:03PM

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#335 - Elizabeth / @sprinkles418

12/22/2014 at 03:53PM

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#336 - Tom Howard / @smarterit

12/30/2014 at 08:48AM

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#337 - d1hotpep / @d1hotpep

01/01/2015 at 12:36AM

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#338 - Russell Ball / @rtball2

01/03/2015 at 07:14PM

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#339 - Aaron Whittington / @whittaaron

01/16/2015 at 12:50PM

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#340 - Иоаннъ / @Vaneskot

01/22/2015 at 11:45AM

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#341 - air wick / @airwickc

01/23/2015 at 12:19AM

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#342 - Linda Liu / @_lindaliu_

01/27/2015 at 11:26PM

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#343 - Thomas Larrieu / @t_larrieu

01/29/2015 at 05:26PM

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#344 - 裏連 / @uraren_bot

02/02/2015 at 10:55AM

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#345 - Larry Battle / @LarryBattle

02/08/2015 at 04:27PM

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#346 - Pierre Langlois / @_pierrelanglois

02/14/2015 at 02:25PM

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#347 - Thiago Prado / @5k1pp3r

02/21/2015 at 02:28PM

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#348 - octotep / @octotep

02/25/2015 at 12:50AM

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#349 - Mariano Macchi / @mmacchif

03/02/2015 at 03:06PM

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#350 - Kiet Nguyen / @kietnguyen86

03/04/2015 at 10:18AM

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#351 - diziet.sma / @diziet__sma

05/05/2015 at 12:53AM

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#352 - Alex Bartol / @alexbartol

05/05/2015 at 07:08PM

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#353 - Wade / @vvandy

05/12/2015 at 09:31PM

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#354 - Mauro Persano / @fzort

05/23/2015 at 04:33PM

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#355 - Stefan Knudsen / @knud32

05/29/2015 at 04:44AM

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#356 - Clark DuVall / @theclarkatron

06/02/2015 at 06:14PM

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#357 - Lindsay Swift / @_lindsai_

07/07/2015 at 08:57PM

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#358 - Samir Sadek / @netsamir

07/20/2015 at 08:27PM

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#359 - McKay Ward / @mckayward

07/28/2015 at 03:05AM

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#360 - Jason Schulz / @uxcn_

08/01/2015 at 03:52AM