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Start file

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

End file

The quick lazy dog jumps over the brown fox.

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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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2144 active golfers, 7968 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#691 - Jonas / @jonaslasauskas

11/23/2015 at 01:53PM

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#692 - Zack Bleach / @zackbleach

11/29/2015 at 04:08AM

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#693 - Marko Marulic / @loneloss

11/30/2015 at 06:21PM

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#694 - ManNerdGeek / @avdmeers

11/30/2015 at 10:46PM

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#695 - Jiahan Wang / @hijiahanwang123

12/04/2015 at 10:37PM

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#696 - Li Nuo / @li_nuo

12/10/2015 at 03:17PM

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#697 - Ramesh Sirimalla / @RSirimalla

12/17/2015 at 09:03PM

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#698 - Bingyunx / @bingyunx

12/25/2015 at 04:58AM

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#699 - Håken Lid / @haakenlid

12/26/2015 at 11:53PM

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#700 - Kyle Holzinger / @kyleholzinger

01/03/2016 at 07:07PM

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#701 - DrHobo / @_DrHobo_

01/03/2016 at 07:17PM

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#702 - Sinclair Desaud / @sdesaud

01/06/2016 at 05:16PM

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#703 - Evgeny`s Kindle / @EvgenyKindle

01/07/2016 at 11:03PM

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#704 - Roberto Carraretto / @robcarraretto

01/09/2016 at 01:09AM

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#705 - hen don / @hendon112

01/09/2016 at 02:03AM

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#706 - Maxime Parisse / @maximeparisse

01/10/2016 at 09:33PM

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#707 - Shalldök / @shalldoek

01/13/2016 at 02:21AM

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#708 - Ryan Fowler / @fowlafowla

01/14/2016 at 09:40PM

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#709 - Morgan / @mszy_

01/19/2016 at 11:12AM

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#710 - Tim Suchanek / @TimSuchanek

01/22/2016 at 04:48PM

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#711 - Oleg Alfalfa / @6alfalfa9

01/29/2016 at 11:17AM

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#712 - Devin Baillie / @devinbaillie

01/30/2016 at 12:33AM

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#713 - Kevin Grandemange / @tic_le_polard

01/30/2016 at 02:51PM

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#714 - Roland Hougs / @roland_b_h

01/30/2016 at 03:49PM

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#715 - Jamie Hand / @JamieCHand

01/31/2016 at 10:51PM

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#716 - Thijs van den Anker / @thijsvdanker

02/04/2016 at 08:39PM

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#717 - よねおか / @karaagegohan_

02/10/2016 at 05:31AM

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#718 - trbvn / @trbvntrbvn

02/10/2016 at 04:01PM

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#719 - Chris / @cdentel

02/17/2016 at 05:37AM

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#720 - Michał Misiarek / @mmisiarek

02/19/2016 at 02:26PM