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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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654 active golfers, 2376 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#601 - MGJoe93 / @mgjoe93

03/03/2019 at 06:00PM

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#602 - Isaak Meier / @IsaakMeier

03/12/2019 at 04:51PM

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#603 - Hans Lidiki / @HLidiki

09/07/2019 at 06:10PM

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#604 - Jason / @roosjason

05/09/2020 at 09:33AM

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#605 - Shizukesa / @Shizukesa

07/06/2015 at 10:49PM

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#606 - Christopher Wells / @ExcaliburZero_Z

12/19/2015 at 02:41PM

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#607 - Kairew / @Kairew1

01/23/2020 at 01:26PM

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#608 - F Prades Illanes / @fprades

10/23/2014 at 10:53AM

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#609 - Jan Novak / @odpadnimail

11/18/2014 at 11:46PM

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#610 - Akira Sasaki / @hikomimo

11/20/2014 at 03:52AM

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#611 - Edmundo Perez / @ingedmundo

12/03/2014 at 03:33PM

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#612 - Rao Zvorovski / @RaoZvorovski

12/05/2014 at 11:07AM

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#613 - luffy / @raxcoi

12/16/2014 at 09:48AM

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#614 - Adam Redfern / @AdmRedfern

12/22/2014 at 04:31PM

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#615 - きよ / @Mr_kiyo

12/31/2014 at 02:48AM

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#616 - Yuan Guan / @yuanguan89

03/02/2015 at 05:47AM

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#617 - Maxime / @Maxime_VII

06/23/2015 at 02:39PM

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#618 - Mika .B / @Michael_Ben_Ali

09/11/2015 at 01:15PM

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#619 - Eitan Burcat / @eburcat

05/11/2016 at 06:55PM

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#620 - 白猫(zhu) / @cat2flower

06/04/2016 at 06:13PM

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#621 - Ben Baker-Smith / @Bit_Synthesis

07/17/2016 at 06:08AM

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#622 - Ryan van Rensburg / @rdvr001

07/21/2016 at 10:17AM

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#623 - Pierre Stévens / @pierre_stv

11/04/2017 at 09:40AM

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#624 - Floch Geoffrey / @floch_geoffrey

07/30/2018 at 12:06PM

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#625 - Víctor López / @viticlick

08/23/2018 at 09:19AM

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#626 - Eric Moss / @NotEricMoss

11/04/2018 at 09:58PM

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#627 - Bumazhka / @Bumazhka

02/11/2019 at 07:42AM

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#628 - T A / @SirAviles

02/11/2019 at 10:22PM

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#629 - 黒澤亮二 / @rjkuro

03/25/2019 at 06:03PM

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#630 - 木下　和巳@意識低い勢 / @warugaki_kazumi

10/20/2014 at 05:40AM