Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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

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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 51e023f92b2f6d0002000066

Hole-in-one

Lets take this golf thing literally.. Drive off the tee into the hole, and of course you don't strike the ball completely clean.

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        o
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                                     |
                                    ( )

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          _

                                     |>
                                     |
                                    (o)

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3,5c3,5
<         o
<         |
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---
>         
>         
>           _
9c9
<                                     ( )
---
>                                     (o)

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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Created by: @boyfromkansas Tweet

305 active golfers, 1024 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#211 - Yann Moisan / @YannMoisan

01/01/2014 at 02:53PM

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#212 - Lucius L. Hilley III / @unkmar

02/27/2014 at 11:04AM

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#213 - Regina Klotz / @groberklotz

03/28/2014 at 03:22PM

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#214 - iamevn / @iamevn

07/08/2014 at 04:38PM

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#215 - Blake / @blkbsstt

08/08/2014 at 06:54AM

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#216 - AC / @quadface

08/23/2014 at 06:24PM

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#217 - Carlos A Henríquez Q / @lagunex

01/19/2015 at 12:57PM

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#218 - Jake Eskel / @JakeEskel

02/04/2015 at 12:09AM

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#219 - Gerald Tilma / @GeraldTilma

10/19/2015 at 04:36AM

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#220 - amu uma / @amuumaamuuma

01/12/2016 at 05:41AM

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#221 - daHueby / @daHueby

01/10/2017 at 10:46AM

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#222 - tPenguinLTG / @tpenguinltg

07/03/2017 at 01:37AM

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#223 - 杨洋 / @176795444

07/16/2017 at 10:32AM

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#224 - Nicholas Ockmsson / @Nockm

05/05/2018 at 09:48AM

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#225 - Justin / @justinjaffray

07/12/2013 at 06:16PM

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#226 - Bruce Woodward / @Bruce_Woodward

07/13/2013 at 01:13AM

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#227 - jessepye / @jessepye

07/17/2013 at 07:32PM

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#228 - Pedro Melgueira / @petermlm

07/21/2013 at 05:06PM

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#229 - cj / @cj01101

08/03/2013 at 07:15PM

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#230 - Guillaume Seren / @guillaumeseren

08/26/2013 at 11:24AM

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#231 - meitham / @meitham

08/27/2013 at 07:31PM

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#232 - moo goo / @m00g000

09/05/2013 at 08:15PM

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#233 - Ben Miller / @Nephi12Ben

10/15/2013 at 06:21AM

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#234 - Milind Ganjoo / @mganjoo

11/02/2013 at 11:17PM

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#235 - Edgar Hipp / @EdgarHipp

11/14/2013 at 06:21PM

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#236 - Davey Struijk / @daveystruijk

01/04/2014 at 01:48PM

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#237 - Andreas Källberg / @Anka213

01/17/2014 at 12:19AM

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#238 - Travis Millott / @ritherz

01/21/2014 at 11:55PM

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#239 - Omer Lachish / @rauchy

01/28/2014 at 02:04PM

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#240 - Connor Warnock / @connorwarnock

01/29/2014 at 02:54AM