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

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"vim vi improved"

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Solutions

The best way to learn is to practice. Below, you will find some of the solutions other golfers have entered. To unlock higher ranked solutions, submit your own entry which does as well or better than the solutions you can currently see - climb the ladder!

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683 active golfers, 2498 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#391 - Harold Pong / @har2po

11/05/2014 at 10:43AM

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#392 - Davit Samvelyan / @DavitSamvelyan

11/13/2014 at 12:26PM

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#393 - Mauro Persano / @fzort

11/15/2014 at 03:39PM

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#394 - Samuel Masuy / @samasuy

11/16/2014 at 04:42PM

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#395 - Lachlan Easton / @LBEaston

11/19/2014 at 10:47AM

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#396 - Eugenio Cano-Manuel / @_3u

11/19/2014 at 11:03PM

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#397 - Keyboard Fire / @KeyboardFire

11/22/2014 at 01:48PM

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#398 - Glauco Pires / @grpires

11/24/2014 at 11:15PM

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#399 - Quinn McHenry / @qmchenry

11/28/2014 at 01:31PM

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#400 - Yoav Weiss / @yoavweiss

12/03/2014 at 08:20AM

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#401 - Anderson Mesquita / @andersonvom

12/06/2014 at 12:47AM

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#402 - Frederik Vosberg / @FrediVosberg

12/11/2014 at 11:54AM

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#403 - Erim Secla / @Alcesmire

12/15/2014 at 05:08AM

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#404 - d1uckym d1uckym / @d1uckym

12/18/2014 at 10:03PM

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#405 - Elizabeth / @sprinkles418

12/22/2014 at 03:53PM

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#406 - Tom Howard / @smarterit

12/30/2014 at 08:48AM

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#407 - d1hotpep / @d1hotpep

01/01/2015 at 12:36AM

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#408 - Russell Ball / @rtball2

01/03/2015 at 07:14PM

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#409 - Aaron Whittington / @whittaaron

01/16/2015 at 12:50PM

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#410 - Иоаннъ / @Vaneskot

01/22/2015 at 11:45AM

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#411 - air wick / @airwickc

01/23/2015 at 12:19AM

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#412 - Linda Liu / @_lindaliu_

01/27/2015 at 11:26PM

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#413 - Thomas Larrieu / @t_larrieu

01/29/2015 at 05:26PM

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#414 - 裏連 / @uraren_bot

02/02/2015 at 10:55AM

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#415 - Larry Battle / @LarryBattle

02/08/2015 at 04:27PM

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#416 - Pierre Langlois / @_pierrelanglois

02/14/2015 at 02:25PM

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#417 - Thiago Prado / @5k1pp3r

02/21/2015 at 02:28PM

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#418 - octotep / @octotep

02/25/2015 at 12:50AM

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#419 - Mariano Macchi / @mmacchif

03/02/2015 at 03:06PM

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#420 - Kiet Nguyen / @kietnguyen86

03/04/2015 at 10:18AM