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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 53c66c482b4166000226bbee

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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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587 active golfers, 2025 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#481 - Dmitry Zudochkin / @zudochkin

02/18/2015 at 09:50AM

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#482 - Christopher Giroir / @kelsin5

02/20/2015 at 09:00PM

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#483 - Thiago Prado / @5k1pp3r

03/01/2015 at 08:16PM

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#484 - Deepak Surti / @dmsurti

03/16/2015 at 03:32PM

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#485 - Jeffrey Gu / @Jeffrey_Gu

03/19/2015 at 10:00PM

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#486 - VimGolf-suka / @vg_suka

03/30/2015 at 01:26PM

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#487 - William Ott / @oddalot

04/08/2015 at 04:17PM

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#488 - Andrew Larson / @applarson

04/15/2015 at 01:33PM

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#489 - we’re going to need a bigger bot / @assaflavie

04/18/2015 at 07:39PM

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#490 - chvzvhn / @chvzvhn

04/26/2015 at 06:38AM

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#491 - Alex Bartol / @alexbartol

05/19/2015 at 05:42PM

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#492 - Joel Gallant / @joelg236

06/09/2015 at 12:37AM

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#493 - Hendrik Lammers / @hendriklammers

06/13/2015 at 08:39AM

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#494 - Teemu Okkonen / @TeemuOkkonen

07/11/2015 at 04:08PM

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#495 - McKay Ward / @mckayward

07/28/2015 at 03:39AM

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#496 - Sergey Semushin / @Predelnik

08/26/2015 at 06:23AM

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#497 - alex / @alexAngle8

08/30/2015 at 08:56AM

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#498 - Mikołaj Morzy / @MikolajMorzy

09/01/2015 at 09:11PM

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#499 - Kiet Nguyen / @kietnguyen86

09/29/2015 at 02:34PM

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#500 - Andrey / @androzhk

10/15/2015 at 04:58PM

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#501 - Gerald Tilma / @GeraldTilma

10/17/2015 at 10:56PM

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#502 - Anshu Avinash / @anshu_avinash

10/18/2015 at 06:08PM

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#503 - roboguy / @roboguy

10/18/2015 at 10:57PM

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#504 - Ryan Marcotte / @ryanjmarcotte

11/15/2015 at 05:49PM

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#505 - Izabel Jelenić / @IzabelJelenic

01/02/2016 at 09:00PM

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#506 - fuck GFW / @ravishGFW

01/05/2016 at 12:10PM

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#507 - Etienne Tremel / @etiennetremel

02/06/2016 at 01:49PM

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#508 - Kevin Gisi / @cheerskevin

02/24/2016 at 08:23AM

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#509 - ELINGUI Pascal Uriel / @elinguiuriel

04/20/2016 at 12:34PM

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#510 - Jason Pleau / @JasonPleau

05/06/2016 at 02:14AM