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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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544 active golfers, 1836 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#241 - Thomas Draper / @QuanTom561

10/01/2015 at 10:57PM

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#242 - DespicableJerk / @JerkDespicable

10/20/2015 at 02:40PM

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#243 - Peter / @sunirbmag

10/27/2015 at 06:44PM

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#244 - VimGolfUser / @UserVim

11/11/2015 at 12:24AM

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#245 - Pete Sevander / @Sevanteri

11/11/2015 at 11:02AM

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#246 - Paul Hornsey / @MadDogNinja

11/27/2015 at 12:04AM

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#247 - Jiahan Wang / @hijiahanwang123

12/08/2015 at 07:51PM

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#248 - Charlie / @wookie_giant

12/22/2015 at 08:51PM

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#249 - Faat / @i_faat

12/29/2015 at 04:06PM

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#250 - Durga Swaroop Perla / @durgaswaroop

02/03/2016 at 05:34PM

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#251 - Roland Hougs / @OminousWater

02/21/2016 at 05:21PM

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#252 - Jaron Hamlik / @jdhamlik

02/27/2016 at 10:59PM

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#253 - Robber Toe / @robbertoe

04/01/2016 at 02:09AM

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#254 - tgmeng / @lazy_fabric

06/10/2016 at 03:12AM

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#255 - Ram Tamtam / @ramtamtamtam

06/22/2016 at 02:47PM

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#256 - Santiclause / @Santiclause

10/28/2016 at 09:40PM

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#257 - Bill Ruddock / @biinari

10/31/2016 at 03:47AM

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#258 - timerella® / @timerella

11/17/2016 at 10:25PM

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#259 - Zhihong Liu / @pieapple03

02/14/2017 at 12:37AM

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#260 - vasco s otsuka / @vascoosx

02/17/2017 at 09:52AM

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#261 - jack / @jack28887741

02/24/2017 at 09:59AM

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#262 - xwle / @xwle

03/15/2017 at 07:37AM

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#263 - Alexander Bessonov / @nonsleepr

03/15/2017 at 08:38PM

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#264 - Daniel / @Daniel00288663

03/17/2017 at 01:01PM

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#265 - jakeroberts / @jakeroberts

05/20/2017 at 03:30PM

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#266 - Florian Gauger / @FlorianGauger

06/03/2017 at 05:35AM

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#267 - Carl Egbert / @CarlOEgbert

06/09/2017 at 11:19PM

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#268 - Ezra Zigmond / @ezrazig

06/21/2017 at 08:58PM

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#269 - Clement Keirua / @clemkeirua

08/30/2017 at 01:41PM

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#270 - harpocrates744 / @harpocrates744

09/05/2017 at 10:14PM