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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 50e32889d5e627000200000d

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    January 2012
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    January 2013
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
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>     January 2013
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<  1  2  3  4  5  6  7
<  8  9 10 11 12 13 14
< 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
< 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
< 29 30 31
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>        1  2  3  4  5
>  6  7  8  9 10 11 12
> 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
> 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
> 27 28 29 30 31

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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89 active golfers, 421 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#31 - Kerson Hsiao / @KersonHsiao

01/02/2013 at 08:07AM

23

#32 - Christian Welle / @welle_tw

01/06/2013 at 08:30PM

23

#33 - 张文远 / @zhwenyuan

05/24/2013 at 07:48AM

24

#34 - Joonas Pihlajamaa / @jokkebk

03/14/2014 at 05:02PM

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#35 - Asmund / @herrasbe

01/01/2013 at 08:46PM

26

#36 - ajh / @AlexJHammel

01/09/2013 at 11:15PM

26

#37 - Isaiah Damron / @Aenidye

01/12/2013 at 05:56AM

26

#38 - cj / @cj01101

08/16/2013 at 10:40PM

27

#39 - Jason Wolf / @zephyr_wolf

01/04/2013 at 08:42PM

28

#40 - くま ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็ʕ•͡ᴥ•ʔ ก้้้้้้้้้้้ 55 / @kumack55

04/14/2013 at 11:12AM

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#41 - ltn614 / @ltn614

10/01/2015 at 10:21AM

30

#42 - x03n046 / @x03n046

06/01/2022 at 01:30AM

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#43 - Steve Tjoa / @stevetjoa

02/03/2013 at 05:44AM

31

#44 - mnx / @mnxx

06/05/2013 at 02:31PM

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#45 - pftb12345 / @pftb12345

04/24/2015 at 12:01AM

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#46 - Alec Goebel / @zego5360

01/04/2013 at 06:51AM

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#47 - django unchained / @DjangoTuxg

01/18/2013 at 10:58PM

33

#48 - fabiano taddei / @Brodoblu

02/03/2013 at 03:32PM

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#49 - LC / @leeren

08/10/2014 at 09:14PM

34

#50 - Marcin Szamotulski / @me_coot

01/01/2013 at 10:01PM

34

#51 - Forrest Zeisler / @fzeisler

04/19/2013 at 06:06PM

35

#52 - DR / @dde81

01/01/2013 at 08:34PM

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#53 - Xinruo Sun / @xiaoruoruo

01/04/2013 at 02:34AM

35

#54 - Martin Sander / @0x89

01/04/2013 at 03:06PM

35

#55 - Dan Oneata / @DanOneata

01/07/2013 at 12:42PM

35

#56 - Caek / @Caek_

08/19/2014 at 05:04AM

36

#57 - Matthew Clair / @CanadaRox

01/20/2013 at 09:45PM

36

#58 - Sebastien Nicoud / @sebnukem

02/12/2019 at 01:56AM

37

#59 - Daniel Lundin / @danielundin

01/15/2013 at 01:56PM

37

#60 - Oscar Friberg / @oscfri

01/31/2013 at 05:50PM