Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 50ee7504c0e3aa0002000040

Prefixes and suffixes

Generate all prefixes of "vimchallenge", then all suffixes.

Start file
vimchallenge
End file
vimchallenge
vimchalleng
vimchallen
vimchalle
vimchall
vimchal
vimcha
vimch
vimc
vim
vi
v

vimchallenge
imchallenge
mchallenge
challenge
hallenge
allenge
llenge
lenge
enge
nge
ge
e

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> vimchalleng
> vimchallen
> vimchalle
> vimchall
> vimchal
> vimcha
> vimch
> vimc
> vim
> vi
> v
> 
> vimchallenge
> imchallenge
> mchallenge
> challenge
> hallenge
> allenge
> llenge
> lenge
> enge
> nge
> ge
> e

Solutions by @GavinKoeng:

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Solutions by @GavinKoeng:
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#27 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

06/02/2026 at 01:09AM

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#>30 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

06/02/2026 at 01:08AM

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#>30 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

06/02/2026 at 01:08AM

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#>42 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

06/02/2026 at 01:07AM

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#>49 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

06/02/2026 at 01:07AM

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#>69 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

06/02/2026 at 01:06AM

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#>69 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

06/02/2026 at 01:06AM

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#>103 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

06/02/2026 at 01:04AM

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#>103 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

06/02/2026 at 01:05AM

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#>117 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

06/02/2026 at 01:04AM

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#>135 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

06/02/2026 at 01:02AM

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#>135 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

06/02/2026 at 01:04AM

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#>152 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

06/02/2026 at 01:00AM

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#>160 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

06/01/2026 at 11:57PM

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#>192 - Gavin / @GavinKoeng

06/01/2026 at 11:55PM