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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 4d1df910de2f897c2a0003c0

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quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo
consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse
cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.  Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non
proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

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proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

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dhvf abfgehq rkrepvgngvba hyynzpb ynobevf avfv hg nyvdhvc rk rn pbzzbqb
pbafrdhng. Qhvf nhgr veher qbybe va erceruraqrevg va ibyhcgngr iryvg rffr
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cebvqrag, fhag va phycn dhv bssvpvn qrfrehag zbyyvg navz vq rfg ynobehz.

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quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo
consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse
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proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

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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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104 active golfers, 137 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

5

#1 - Balkoth / @_Balkoth_

12/31/2010 at 10:30AM

5

#2 - Lee Jarvis / @lee_jarvis

12/31/2010 at 10:33AM

5

#3 - Tim Chase / @gumnos

12/31/2010 at 10:43AM

5

#4 - Josh Weinberg / @jcweinberg

12/31/2010 at 10:53AM

5

#5 - Juan C. Muller / @juancmuller

12/31/2010 at 10:55AM

5

#6 - Henrik Nyh / @henrik

12/31/2010 at 11:01AM

5

#7 - Alain Gilbert / @alain_gilbert

12/31/2010 at 11:03AM

5

#8 - Behnam Esfahbod / @zwnj

12/31/2010 at 11:16AM

5

#9 - Leeward Bound / @leewardbound

12/31/2010 at 11:30AM

5

#10 - Stephen Morrow / @yawmark

12/31/2010 at 12:04PM

5

#11 - Jordan Lewis / @JordanALewis

12/31/2010 at 12:40PM

5

#12 - larsd / @larsd

12/31/2010 at 01:00PM

5

#13 - Clint Tseng / @dgtljunglist

12/31/2010 at 01:03PM

5

#14 - Bill Odom / @billodom

12/31/2010 at 02:35PM

5

#15 - Vincent Isambart / @vincentisambart

12/31/2010 at 03:00PM

5

#16 - Kyle Willmon / @kylewillmon

12/31/2010 at 03:27PM

5

#17 - Joel Taylor / @otte_rs

12/31/2010 at 05:03PM

5

#18 - Wei Dai / @clvv42

12/31/2010 at 05:23PM

5

#19 - TD Mackey / @tdmackey

12/31/2010 at 05:46PM

5

#20 - matthewd / @_matthewd

12/31/2010 at 06:44PM

5

#21 - Ujjwol Lamichhane / @Ujjwol

12/31/2010 at 06:49PM

5

#22 - Lee Marlow / @lmarlow

12/31/2010 at 08:10PM

5

#23 - Asmund Liseth / @Asmund_L

12/31/2010 at 11:15PM

5

#24 - Brad / @bjjwillis

01/01/2011 at 03:05AM

5

#25 - Martin Hauser / @grummel

01/01/2011 at 06:46AM

5

#26 - Stephan Weller / @stephan_weller

01/01/2011 at 08:33AM

5

#27 - Ben Brown / @benofbrown

01/01/2011 at 10:52AM

5

#28 - n / @kivran

01/01/2011 at 11:28AM

5

#29 - Rune Botten / @runeb

01/01/2011 at 11:44AM

5

#30 - Aurélien Delahaye / @alkove

01/01/2011 at 04:13PM

5

#31 - Pete Johns / @johnsyweb

01/01/2011 at 11:24PM

5

#32 - James Cash / @jamesnvc

01/02/2011 at 11:19AM

5

#33 - dominique pellé / @vimgolfisto

01/02/2011 at 12:45PM

5

#34 - Ben Lenarts / @benlenarts

01/02/2011 at 02:56PM

5

#35 - derp derp / @derp__

01/02/2011 at 09:13PM

5

#36 - Clément Nodet / @clementnodet

01/03/2011 at 09:23AM

5

#37 - Benoît Ryder / @benoitryder

01/03/2011 at 03:04PM

5

#38 - aaaa3331 / @aaaa3331

01/03/2011 at 04:28PM

5

#39 - Yann Thomas-Gérard / @inside_

01/04/2011 at 05:54AM

5

#40 - Aaron Bull Schaefer / @elasticdog

01/04/2011 at 04:40PM

5

#41 - Karel Vervaeke / @karel1980

01/06/2011 at 12:33PM

5

#42 - Francisco Dibar / @frandibar

01/06/2011 at 04:30PM

5

#43 - aimee / @sermoa

01/08/2011 at 04:03AM

5

#44 - Toto l'haricot / @nico_le_terribl

01/09/2011 at 06:01AM

5

#45 - Paul King / @nrocy

01/10/2011 at 03:15AM

5

#46 - drio / @drio

01/10/2011 at 05:05AM

5

#47 - Jes / @vim_jes

01/13/2011 at 03:31PM

5

#48 - fuck you / @jerkassholeface

01/14/2011 at 04:30PM

5

#49 - Stuart Gale / @bishboria

01/16/2011 at 05:44AM

5

#50 - Federico Galassi / @federicogalassi

01/17/2011 at 02:10PM

5

#51 - Clive Evans / @swish_bob

01/17/2011 at 03:20PM

5

#52 - Chris Waring / @cwaring

01/17/2011 at 04:26PM

5

#53 - Andrey A. Ugolnik / @andreyugolnik

01/19/2011 at 11:45AM

5

#54 - Oleg Roshupkin / @jjjahson

01/20/2011 at 09:39AM

5

#55 - Thomas Schönwälder / @Masei1988

01/20/2011 at 01:06PM

5

#56 - h_east (DDD ready) / @h_east

01/29/2011 at 07:00PM

5

#57 - Alekseyka2 / @Alekseyka2

02/02/2011 at 09:12AM

5

#58 - vg / @vimgolfer

02/27/2011 at 01:09PM

5

#59 - Pasha Klets / @p01nt

03/19/2011 at 02:01AM

5

#60 - Terje Larsen / @terlars

04/07/2011 at 12:47PM

5

#61 - Mathias Bynens  / @mathias

04/08/2011 at 01:16AM

5

#62 - mightyfoo / @mightyfoo

05/26/2011 at 03:02PM

5

#63 - Raphael Sofaer / @rsofaer

06/12/2011 at 07:27PM

5

#64 - Peter Anselmo / @peter_anselmo

06/24/2011 at 01:51PM

5

#65 - Johan Sveholm / @rymdtjuren

06/30/2011 at 01:58AM

5

#66 - Justin Love / @wondible

07/13/2011 at 03:26PM

5

#67 - Hu Junfeng / @hujunfeng

07/22/2011 at 01:09AM

5

#68 - Dave / @zzdave13

07/26/2011 at 02:43PM

5

#69 - Anton / @al_alley

07/31/2011 at 05:20AM

5

#70 - Torben Rasmussen / @rasmustorben

08/16/2011 at 02:16PM

5

#71 - Simon Scarfe / @simonscarfe

08/30/2011 at 07:07AM

5

#72 - p0ckets / @p0ckets

10/06/2011 at 01:23PM

5

#73 - Infertux / @Infertux

11/04/2011 at 08:34AM

5

#74 - William Dunand / @wdunand

11/28/2011 at 01:25AM

5

#75 - Trevor Powell / @DoomedBunnies

11/30/2011 at 04:33PM

5

#76 - You-Siang Lin / @yslinnctu

12/02/2011 at 12:37AM

5

#77 - Xavier Nayrac / @lkdjiin

12/30/2011 at 07:36AM

5

#78 - Rik Lomas / @riklomas

12/31/2011 at 04:32PM

5

#79 - Renat Aksitov / @Korvin79

01/28/2012 at 11:09PM

5

#80 - ɟpsq / @bsdf

02/08/2012 at 11:44AM

5

#81 - Steven Sloss / @StevenSloss

02/18/2012 at 06:44PM

5

#82 - Chris Penkett / @chrispenkett

04/02/2012 at 03:50PM

5

#83 - Timothy Hahn / @timyhahn

04/23/2012 at 10:39AM

5

#84 - Cat Dragon / @catragon

05/04/2012 at 04:48AM

5

#85 - Sunny Klair / @0xSunhay

05/13/2012 at 04:19PM

5

#86 - Urtica dioica / @udioica

05/28/2012 at 11:32PM

5

#87 - mwatkward / @AftrschoolSpe

07/02/2012 at 03:00PM

5

#88 - Kerson Hsiao / @KersonHsiao

08/24/2012 at 09:24AM

5

#89 - tmr / @tmr314

09/10/2012 at 06:00AM

5

#90 - Conner McDaniel / @connermcd

09/24/2012 at 05:00PM

5

#91 - Vim rocks / @vimrocks

10/08/2012 at 03:35PM

5

#92 - Emile Swarts / @EmileSwarts

10/28/2012 at 03:26AM

5

#93 - Jonas Lindmark / @lindmarkjonas

11/22/2012 at 06:22AM

5

#94 - Fred Nias / @frednias

12/07/2012 at 04:59AM

5

#95 - Michael / @patheticpat

12/17/2012 at 01:44PM

6

#96 - Yannick LM / @yanicklm

12/31/2010 at 09:19AM

6

#97 - kmymtksh / @kmymtksh

12/31/2010 at 09:46AM

6

#98 - Dan / @opello

12/31/2010 at 10:04AM

6

#99 - Joe Hassick / @jhassick

12/31/2010 at 10:04AM

6

#100 -  Ikhsan Maulana / @ixandidu

12/31/2010 at 10:11AM

7

#101 - Guillaume Bonnoron / @gbonnoron

12/31/2010 at 08:11AM

7

#102 - Thedward the Edward / @thedward

12/31/2010 at 08:32AM

7

#103 - Matthieu Honel / @ocus

01/29/2011 at 05:20AM

383

#104 - 無ん垢の叫び / @john_ababa

02/23/2012 at 10:13PM