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

That hyphen

"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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640 active golfers, 2296 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#601 - きよ / @Mr_kiyo

12/31/2014 at 02:48AM

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#602 - Yuan Guan / @yuanguan89

03/02/2015 at 05:47AM

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#603 - Maxime / @Maxime_VII

06/23/2015 at 02:39PM

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#604 - Mika .B / @Michael_Ben_Ali

09/11/2015 at 01:15PM

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#605 - Eitan Burcat / @eburcat

05/11/2016 at 06:55PM

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#606 - 白猫(zhu) / @cat2flower

06/04/2016 at 06:13PM

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#607 - Ben Baker-Smith / @Bit_Synthesis

07/17/2016 at 06:08AM

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#608 - Ryan van Rensburg / @rdvr001

07/21/2016 at 10:17AM

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#609 - Pierre Stévens / @pierre_stv

11/04/2017 at 09:40AM

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#610 - Floch Geoffrey / @floch_geoffrey

07/30/2018 at 12:06PM

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#611 - Víctor López / @viticlick

08/23/2018 at 09:19AM

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#612 - Eric Moss / @NotEricMoss

11/04/2018 at 09:58PM

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#613 - Bumazhka / @Bumazhka

02/11/2019 at 07:42AM

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#614 - T A / @SirAviles

02/11/2019 at 10:22PM

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#615 - 黒澤亮二 / @rjkuro

03/25/2019 at 06:03PM

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#616 - 木下　和巳@意識低い勢 / @warugaki_kazumi

10/20/2014 at 05:40AM

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#617 - Jonathan Jin / @jjin082693

11/17/2014 at 05:14PM

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#618 - Doru-Mihai Muntean / @dorumihai

12/01/2016 at 11:05PM

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#619 - Jurica / @Jurica34581259

11/16/2018 at 11:51AM

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#620 - king of cool / @fyces

01/17/2019 at 08:55AM

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#621 - Vimfiz / @vimfiz

04/02/2019 at 10:55PM

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#622 - Florent Uguet / @FlorentUguet

07/11/2019 at 03:36PM

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#623 - Aaron / @_Lordofthevoid_

11/30/2019 at 04:40PM

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#624 - Dmitry Teslenko / @krab_mozga

10/09/2014 at 01:18PM

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#625 - Syd Kerckhove / @KerckhoveSyd

11/07/2014 at 09:02PM

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#626 - jiangchuan / @tommy_he

11/15/2014 at 07:09PM

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#627 - diogovk / @diogovk

05/08/2015 at 06:50PM

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#628 - Rezo Zakala / @rzakala

05/26/2019 at 03:16PM

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#629 - Dave Solomon / @davemsolomon

11/02/2014 at 02:08PM

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#630 - Tom / @CronutFacts

05/22/2016 at 08:11PM