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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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#481 - Ilya Kolo / @Gray_Wind

11/04/2014 at 10:42AM

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#482 - Xavier Goás A. / @xa4us

11/07/2014 at 09:09PM

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#483 - AA / @stonewareslord

11/26/2014 at 08:10PM

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#484 - kobby / @_kafdot_

12/09/2014 at 11:45AM

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#485 - Steve Alison / @Steve_Alison

12/12/2014 at 11:37PM

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#486 - Andrew Leung / @aleungpivotal

12/18/2014 at 05:35PM

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#487 - Tact Overflow / @muppling

12/29/2014 at 04:13PM

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#488 - David Wright / @David27Wright

01/08/2015 at 05:09PM

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#489 - Kristijan Husak / @kristijan_husak

02/03/2015 at 08:14AM

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#490 - Jacob / @0x604

02/08/2015 at 06:18PM

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#491 - かっかる / @86ktcal

02/12/2015 at 07:17AM

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#492 - Dmitry Zudochkin / @zudochkin

02/18/2015 at 06:07AM

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#493 - Deepak Surti / @dmsurti

03/16/2015 at 02:12PM

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#494 - Arjan Molenaar / @ajmolenaar

03/30/2015 at 02:04PM

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#495 - Adrien Fabre / @statox42

05/19/2015 at 08:33PM

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#496 - Teemu Okkonen / @TeemuOkkonen

07/08/2015 at 08:21PM

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#497 - Roben Kleene / @robenkleene

07/31/2015 at 12:10AM

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#498 - aisapatino / @aisapatino

08/12/2015 at 06:46AM

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#499 - Sergey Semushin / @Predelnik

08/27/2015 at 06:47AM

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#500 - Maxime Dréau / @mdreau

09/02/2015 at 11:52AM

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#501 - Andrew Michaud / @andrewjmichaud

09/04/2015 at 12:26AM

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#502 - Andrew Loucky / @merely_oolong

10/03/2015 at 05:14PM

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#503 - Bogumił Kamiński / @BogumilKaminski

10/25/2015 at 04:10PM

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#504 - Cory Duplantis / @ctfhacker

11/16/2015 at 12:17AM

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#505 - Tarik Koc / @tariktheturk

11/21/2015 at 12:14AM

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#506 - udreki / @udreki

02/20/2016 at 09:10AM

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#507 - Matteo Signer / @MatteoSigner

04/26/2016 at 08:44AM

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#508 - Andres Araya / @arayaandresfco

05/15/2016 at 05:41PM

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#509 - malet / @Malet

06/24/2016 at 10:43PM

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#510 - PeterGC / @petkusGC

08/14/2016 at 06:52PM