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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

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#751 - Bendik Samseth / @BSamseth

09/19/2016 at 09:40PM

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#752 - Daniel Bellenger / @DanielBellenger

09/25/2016 at 01:17AM

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#753 - Will Handley / @falsewhenquined

10/04/2016 at 06:10PM

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10/06/2016 at 02:15PM

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10/20/2016 at 10:44PM

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10/23/2016 at 10:47AM

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10/26/2016 at 09:42AM

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10/30/2016 at 09:32AM

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10/31/2016 at 03:16PM

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#760 - Alan Turing / @alantrng

11/13/2016 at 09:10AM

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11/28/2016 at 06:33AM

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12/01/2016 at 10:45AM

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#763 - Craig Langford / @cllangfo

12/11/2016 at 04:34PM

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12/22/2016 at 08:18AM

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#765 - Martin Henriksen / @Baaaallz

12/28/2016 at 07:25PM

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#766 - William Surles / @williamsurles

01/13/2017 at 02:54AM

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01/30/2017 at 03:31PM

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02/05/2017 at 02:17AM

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02/25/2017 at 09:09AM

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#770 - Evgeny Morozov / @Evmorov

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03/06/2017 at 03:12PM

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03/09/2017 at 07:15AM

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03/11/2017 at 04:53AM

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03/24/2017 at 09:55PM

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04/01/2017 at 08:17AM

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04/12/2017 at 08:00PM

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04/19/2017 at 03:00PM

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#780 - Harsh Kumar / @datsleepyguy

06/11/2017 at 06:53PM