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$ vimgolf setup
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Collect List

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Solutions

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#1191 Radoslav Ivanov / @rivanov1 - Score: 89 - 09/15/15 @ 18:30
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Created by: @compilejason

1191 active golfers, 4305 entries

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#1 - Tim Chase / @gumnos

07/07/2015 at 08:31PM

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#2 - Urtica dioica / @udioica

07/07/2015 at 08:47PM

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#3 - Carlos López / @morrizon

07/07/2015 at 10:12PM

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#4 - Bart / @oneofmanybarts

07/08/2015 at 04:49AM

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#5 - montalvoMiguel / @imontalvomiguel

07/08/2015 at 06:08AM

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#6 - Gammelin Guillaume / @ggammelin

07/08/2015 at 06:54AM

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#7 - Mutter Mumble / @muttermumble

07/08/2015 at 08:09AM

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#8 - kungfuchad / @kungfuchad

07/08/2015 at 10:50AM

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#9 - John Braxler / @braxler

07/08/2015 at 02:27PM

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#10 - Matt / @mcr05

07/08/2015 at 06:27PM

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#11 - Elizabeth / @sprinkles418

07/08/2015 at 08:29PM

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#12 - David Willming / @wdialvmeo

07/09/2015 at 04:15AM

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

07/09/2015 at 05:24AM

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#14 - pftb12345 / @pftb12345

07/09/2015 at 08:26AM

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#15 - Geoff Gu / @geoff_gu

07/09/2015 at 12:11PM

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#16 - Brandon Milam / @jbmilam950

07/09/2015 at 05:22PM

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#17 - jake romer / @notjakeromer

07/10/2015 at 04:55AM

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#18 - James Pringle / @mathbyjames

07/10/2015 at 08:49PM

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#19 - Steffen Köhler / @Baertierchen

07/11/2015 at 09:27PM

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#20 - Petro Тrouq / @zulolosi

07/12/2015 at 03:45PM

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#21 - Aaron Fresh / @AaronFresh7

07/13/2015 at 09:09AM

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#22 - Elite Hacker of the Light / @L3E7

07/13/2015 at 10:57PM

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#23 - Louis Caruana / @louiecaruana

07/15/2015 at 04:25AM

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#24 - Yuriy / @skriyka

07/15/2015 at 02:03PM

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#25 - Vim Viking / @vim_viking

07/16/2015 at 11:34PM

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#26 - walkingsparrow / @walkingsparrow

07/17/2015 at 06:05AM

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#27 - S.Lebedev / @drasgo

07/17/2015 at 09:16AM

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#28 - 오종빈(Jongbin Oh) / @ohyecloudy

07/17/2015 at 02:01PM

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#29 - DJ Lee / @deej337

07/17/2015 at 09:43PM

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#30 - Ala' Ibrahim / @alaa_ibrahim

07/19/2015 at 05:50AM