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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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#391 - Charlie OConor / @charlieoconor

10/30/2017 at 05:20PM

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#392 - Elias Åström / @ryvnfn

12/27/2017 at 12:37AM

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#393 - Mike Chen / @chagel

12/27/2017 at 02:30PM

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#394 - c0llision / @sh3llcode

01/26/2018 at 08:04PM

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#395 - ハヤシ / @0__098

07/24/2018 at 01:59PM

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#396 - Bruce Adams / @bruceadams1054

10/13/2018 at 11:38AM

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#397 - Phil Devitt / @GeneralHav0k

01/02/2019 at 04:05PM

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#398 - Timothy Bryan / @tim_bryan

02/22/2019 at 11:32PM

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#399 - zenwalker / @zenwalker93

03/09/2019 at 01:37PM

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#400 - James / @Dronak

10/07/2014 at 11:05PM

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#401 - Eric Kever / @codeoverlode

10/23/2014 at 09:59PM

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#402 - Matthew Barrington / @mbarrin

10/27/2014 at 12:41AM

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#403 - Jesse Morton / @Jesse_Motion

11/03/2014 at 11:44AM

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#404 - PHCerdan / @PHCerdan

11/04/2014 at 03:17AM

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#405 - Ilya Kolo / @Gray_Wind

11/04/2014 at 10:42AM

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#406 - Xavier Goás A. / @xa4us

11/07/2014 at 09:09PM

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#407 - AA / @stonewareslord

11/26/2014 at 08:10PM

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#408 - kobby / @_kafdot_

12/09/2014 at 11:45AM

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#409 - Steve Alison / @Steve_Alison

12/12/2014 at 11:37PM

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#410 - David Barker / @dashleybarker

12/13/2014 at 04:23PM

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#411 - Andrew Leung / @aleungpivotal

12/18/2014 at 05:35PM

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#412 - Tact Overflow / @muppling

12/29/2014 at 04:13PM

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#413 - David Wright / @David27Wright

01/08/2015 at 05:09PM

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#414 - Kristijan Husak / @kristijan_husak

02/03/2015 at 08:14AM

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#415 - Jacob / @0x604

02/08/2015 at 06:18PM

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#416 - かっかる / @86ktcal

02/12/2015 at 07:17AM

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#417 - Dmitry Zudochkin / @vredniy

02/18/2015 at 06:07AM

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#418 - Deepak Surti / @dmsurti

03/16/2015 at 02:12PM

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#419 - Arjan Molenaar / @ajmolenaar

03/30/2015 at 02:04PM

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#420 - Adrien Fabre / @statox42

05/19/2015 at 08:33PM