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Played Challenges

Wikitext headings to markdown - 980 entries

Convert the wikitext headings to markdown.

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 54
  • Position: #169 / 203
  • Number of attempts: 1
hello-world-vimgolf - 2361 entries

Simple number generation

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #76 / 667
  • Number of attempts: 5
Contribute to keyboard mashing - 841 entries

Speak in tongues

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #218 / 257
  • Number of attempts: 1
Plotting some variables in python - 1567 entries

4 sets of (x,y) variables to plot. Just increment the numbers! Well, let's change the colors of the lines as well. Oh and we meant to plot the absolute values of course.

  • Best score: 34
  • Best player score: 70
  • Position: #301 / 334
  • Number of attempts: 1
simple replacements - 1662 entries

The goal is to see the replacement commands in action.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #165 / 371
  • Number of attempts: 8
swap number pairs - 2011 entries

Swap the numbers in a bunch of 2-element arrays.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #260 / 370
  • Number of attempts: 6
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