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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 53e1d5a0f201bc0002226501

120 Degrees

Rotate that triangle.

Start file

   1
  9 2
 8   3
7 6 5 4

End file

   4
  3 5
 2   6
1 9 8 7

View Diff

1,4c1,4
<    1
<   9 2
<  8   3
< 7 6 5 4
---
>    4
>   3 5
>  2   6
> 1 9 8 7

Solutions

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Created by: @udioica Tweet

145 active golfers, 493 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#1 - John Braxler / @braxler

08/06/2014 at 07:58PM

14

#2 - Petro Тrouq / @zulolosi

08/06/2014 at 08:10PM

14

#3 - Urtica dioica / @udioica

08/06/2014 at 08:51PM

14

#4 - MP / @Enemy_m

08/07/2014 at 08:06PM

14

#5 - Jake Elder / @JpegMe

08/07/2014 at 08:30PM

14

#6 - Rafee / @rafee_buet

08/11/2014 at 08:06AM

14

#7 - Bart / @oneofmanybarts

08/12/2014 at 06:20AM

14

#8 - Phil Runninger / @PhilRunninger

08/14/2014 at 05:53PM

14

#9 - ———đίxίє—flαтlίиє——— / @_dixie_flatline

08/15/2014 at 07:18PM

14

#10 - Kerson Hsiao / @KersonHsiao

08/17/2014 at 05:32AM

14

#11 - Fan Zhang / @2bDeactivat3d

08/18/2014 at 12:43AM

14

#12 - Mike Rayner / @mikesfake

08/23/2014 at 04:07PM

14

#13 - Daniel Helfrich / @lazyman114

08/28/2014 at 11:13PM

14

#14 - Pierre Stévens / @pierre_stv

10/05/2014 at 05:22PM

14

#15 - Ivan Brennan / @ivanbrennan

12/07/2014 at 12:08AM

14

#16 - kimber gonzalez / @kimberlycreates

01/07/2015 at 08:05PM

14

#17 - Steven Lu / @stevenlu443

02/07/2015 at 05:45AM

14

#18 - pftb12345 / @pftb12345

04/04/2015 at 11:52AM

14

#19 - Raj / @brshenoy

04/14/2015 at 03:30PM

14

#20 - Benny Wong / @bdotdub

04/14/2015 at 04:22PM

14

#21 - Evan Coleman / @edc1591

04/14/2015 at 04:23PM

14

#22 - Adrien Fabre / @statox42

06/07/2015 at 09:12PM

14

#23 - Walker Boh / @walker_boh

10/12/2015 at 10:55AM

14

#24 - Jon Krause / @jkrause314

12/18/2015 at 09:53PM

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#25 - James Burns / @James_Ian_Burns

02/26/2016 at 07:28PM

14

#26 - jj johnson / @jcassj1

08/23/2016 at 12:54PM

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#27 - Jonathan Lao-Kan / @jlaokan

11/14/2016 at 11:33AM

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#28 - Turkey Man / @lvturkeyman

11/25/2017 at 05:21AM

14

#29 - Mihai / @mihaicristiant

02/04/2019 at 12:29PM

14

#30 - vimgolfer / @vimgolfer7

10/12/2019 at 03:58AM