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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 508fe9f57acca60002000037

Stairs Indenting

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#198 Lim Han / @tagore79 - Score: 69 - 11/04/12 @ 14:19 
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Created by: @dbrgn

198 active golfers, 478 entries

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#1 - Urtica dioica / @udioica

12/31/2012 at 01:30AM

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#2 - Marco Hinz / @_mhinz_

05/22/2013 at 09:41AM

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#3 - Petro Тrouq / @zulolosi

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#4 - Ingo / @ist3fani

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#5 - John Papanastasiou / @JohnPapps

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#6 - Sam Rose / @samwhoo

08/27/2013 at 07:10PM

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#7 - Yann Moisan / @YannMoisan

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#8 - pikaren / @REALpikaren

01/06/2014 at 03:35PM

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#9 - Domingue Justin / @_jdomingue

01/10/2014 at 05:50PM

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#10 - Yiyang Chen / @stackngxc

03/15/2014 at 05:05PM

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#11 - John Braxler / @braxler

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#12 - pftb12345 / @pftb12345

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#13 - Jon Krause / @jkrause314

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#14 - trx / @trxdbg

10/17/2016 at 04:56AM

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#15 - Christopher Erin / @MCNormalMode

01/18/2017 at 01:59AM

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#16 - jn / @j1357924

08/24/2017 at 07:04PM

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#17 - Turkey Man / @lvturkeyman

11/27/2017 at 03:03PM

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#18 - BarbaJol / @drpproteus

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#20 - Filipe Brandenburger / @filbranden

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#21 - blabla zincou / @BZincou

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#22 - Jean George / @JeanGeo20504212

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#23 - Alex / @AlexanderHeatl2

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#24 - Pablo Cárdenas / @pablo_cardenasb

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#25 - Peppa Pig / @PeppaPigSg

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#26 - nickGPT / @nickandbro

08/28/2024 at 07:33PM

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#27 - Conner McDaniel / @connermcd

10/30/2012 at 04:09PM

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#28 - Rahul Krishnan / @rahulkrish

11/04/2012 at 04:59PM

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#29 - Vasil Sakarov / @vsakarov

11/11/2012 at 07:57AM

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#30 - xaizek / @xaizek

11/15/2012 at 09:05AM