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Solutions

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#268 Programmer Probs / @ProgrammerProbs - Score: 18 - 06/30/15 @ 13:38 
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#269 mikebailey / @mikebailey - Score: 18 - 07/01/15 @ 04:45 
:%s/\//\\\//g<CR>:wq<CR>

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Created by: @udioica

269 active golfers, 822 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):
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#61 - Abdullah / @dada3mn

08/11/2016 at 05:59AM

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#62 - Will / @obiwan__k3n00bi

08/30/2016 at 06:43AM

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#63 - jdupont655 / @jdupont655

09/02/2016 at 05:02PM

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#64 - Stephen Aument / @saument

09/04/2016 at 04:13AM

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#65 - trx / @trxdbg

10/13/2016 at 01:31PM

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#66 - Constantine / @ConstantineHatz

10/18/2016 at 03:41AM

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#67 - Roey Berman / @ManBergundyPig

11/23/2016 at 02:56PM

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#68 - swarkEafs / @EafsSwark

12/16/2016 at 03:40PM

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#69 - Saki Gw / @Sakigw

01/28/2017 at 02:17AM

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#70 - Yann / @yannstad

02/25/2017 at 02:09AM

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#71 - Zhihong Liu / @pieapple03

02/28/2017 at 03:29PM

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#72 - Solomon / @Trugbildjaeger

04/15/2017 at 02:14PM

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#73 - 梧桐王子 / @WutongYujie

05/07/2017 at 03:41AM

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#74 - Remus Dalrymple / @bornintheflames

05/07/2017 at 10:26AM

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#75 - MS / @schrectacular

06/09/2017 at 04:31PM

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#76 - Plop plop / @plopplopplop6

08/08/2017 at 06:39PM

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#77 - Turkey Man / @lvturkeyman

11/13/2017 at 01:11PM

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#78 - Arijus / @argshook

02/05/2018 at 01:00PM

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#79 - ParasamGateZero / @ParasamGateZero

02/20/2018 at 02:05AM

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#80 - Daniël De Koker / @daniel_koker

07/04/2018 at 08:03AM

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#81 - Dax / @zacoxi

11/16/2018 at 09:12AM

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#82 - alekfed / @alek_fed

04/15/2019 at 07:56PM

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#83 - majo senf / @majo_senf

06/21/2019 at 11:46AM

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#84 - vimgolfer / @vimgolfer7

10/04/2019 at 01:16AM

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#85 - Miłosz Łakomy / @foobar01123

12/01/2019 at 04:19PM

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#86 - relastle / @relastle

03/30/2020 at 04:51AM

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#87 - RockerZZY / @rocker_zzy

06/15/2020 at 11:32PM

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#88 - 김범준 / @kmbmjn

05/11/2021 at 02:28AM

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#89 - pikjes / @pikjes2

07/16/2021 at 05:44PM

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#90 - Jean George / @JeanGeo20504212

12/17/2021 at 09:13PM