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

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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 54a8fb2ff4048c0002479f12

Happy TvvO

Don’t forget the past, learn from it. Happy New Year.

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Happy New Years to VIM !

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Happy New Years to vimgolf !

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! Happy New Years to VIM !
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! Happy New Years to vimgolf !

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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206 active golfers, 427 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#151 - Olivier Bégassat / @zk_evm

06/14/2023 at 07:07PM

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#152 - z_r_a / @z_r_a

01/30/2024 at 01:30AM

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#153 - jonas-grobe / @jonas-grobe

02/04/2024 at 06:54PM

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#154 - Kanmuruuruu / @Kanmuruuruu

04/06/2024 at 08:29PM

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#155 - Peppa Pig / @PeppaPigSg

05/07/2024 at 03:46AM

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#156 - Don'tBeAlarmed / @DontBeAlarmed

05/30/2024 at 06:34AM

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#157 - nickGPT / @nickandbro

08/28/2024 at 04:42AM

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#158 - kungfuchad / @kungfuchad

01/06/2015 at 01:19PM

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#159 - Tact Overflow / @muppling

01/06/2015 at 02:59PM

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#160 - Yuval Goncz / @YGoncho

01/08/2015 at 01:55PM

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#161 - Bruno Arueira / @bruno_arueira

01/10/2015 at 04:11PM

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#162 - Vasily Toropov / @vasandtor

01/12/2015 at 11:45AM

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#163 - Andreas Møller / @cullophid

01/15/2015 at 05:18PM

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#164 - Ayman Farhat / @aymanfarhat

01/17/2015 at 08:53PM

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#165 - Luc Mazardo / @lxtrmz

01/22/2015 at 09:30PM

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#166 - Jérôme Salignon / @JeromeSalignon

02/01/2015 at 03:11PM

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#167 - ylletyll / @ylletyll

03/01/2015 at 07:38AM

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#168 - Raja Sharan Mamidala / @rajasharan

03/02/2015 at 03:39AM

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#169 - J-F R. / @RheaultJF

03/18/2015 at 03:00AM

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#170 - Daniel Byron / @dansolo17

04/17/2015 at 01:42PM

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#171 - Tom van der Lee / @TomVdLee

04/28/2015 at 09:48AM

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#172 - benekeusz / @benekeusz

05/06/2015 at 10:05AM

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#173 - Kyle Fuller / @kylefuller

07/17/2015 at 02:24AM

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#174 - Kiet Nguyen / @kietnguyen86

10/02/2015 at 10:53AM

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#175 - Mike Adams / @davis_cromwell

10/11/2015 at 01:22AM

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#176 - Laurent Atlan / @laurentatlan1

12/30/2015 at 10:39PM

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#177 - Dimitar Dimitrov / @kurkale6ka

03/16/2016 at 12:30PM

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#178 - Zihan Zheng / @zhengzihan1996

04/22/2016 at 05:39PM

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#179 - yokibahim / @yokibahim

10/21/2019 at 07:17PM

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#180 - Michael Meixner / @meixner62

01/24/2020 at 11:48AM