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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 544bcdd93cafc700021ee30e

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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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150 active golfers, 219 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#121 - Jean George / @JeanGeo20504212

05/31/2022 at 09:01PM

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#122 - russellzhaomao / @russellzhaomao

06/10/2022 at 10:31AM

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#123 - x03n046 / @x03n046

06/30/2022 at 01:55AM

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#124 - Alex / @AlexanderHeatl2

07/05/2022 at 05:57PM

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#125 - Nadav Spiegelman / @nadavspi

10/25/2014 at 04:31PM

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#126 - gturri / @g_turri

10/26/2014 at 09:21PM

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#127 - ЕвгенийВ / @imater

10/27/2014 at 04:15AM

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#128 - Matt / @mcr05

10/29/2014 at 09:15AM

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#129 - timrich / @timrich

11/16/2014 at 12:20PM

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#130 - Jan Novak / @odpadnimail

11/19/2014 at 04:57AM

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#131 - Erik Buček / @_EnterNameHere_

11/19/2014 at 09:30AM

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#132 - Nicolas Dascanio / @NicoDascanio

11/25/2014 at 08:31PM

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#133 - r. / @rmarvie

12/23/2014 at 02:38PM

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#134 - Darth Shuvalov / @shuvalov_anton

03/01/2015 at 01:50PM

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#135 - Daniel Byron / @dansolo17

04/19/2015 at 11:44PM

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#136 - Andrew Michaud / @andrewjmichaud

09/04/2015 at 08:24PM

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#137 - Cory Knapp / @coryknapp

09/26/2015 at 02:35AM

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#138 - Johannes / @joka253

06/21/2019 at 07:14AM

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#139 - Jan Balangue / @jbalang

01/05/2020 at 09:59PM

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#140 - mindgitrwx / @mindgitrwx

08/25/2020 at 02:28PM

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#141 - MySelf / @okmslf

10/20/2020 at 03:55PM

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#142 - Nedko Nedkov / @NedkoNedkov6

01/02/2021 at 09:47AM

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#143 - FLeckami / @FLeckami

03/13/2022 at 01:49PM

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#144 - Jake Worth / @jwworth

11/21/2014 at 03:06PM

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#145 - chvzvhn / @chvzvhn

05/03/2015 at 08:33PM

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#146 - ಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯ ಜೋಶಿ / @subbucoding

06/05/2015 at 10:10AM

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#147 - Gurukandhamoorthi / @Gurukandhamoor1

08/12/2017 at 03:44PM

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#148 - OlivierLi / @LiZhongSin

02/17/2015 at 02:54PM

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#149 - kai_richard / @kai_richard

11/04/2014 at 04:26PM

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#150 - Mike Kolganov / @mikekolganov

11/04/2014 at 08:12PM