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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 57cf3e398c660c1f8f014717

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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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167 active golfers, 522 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#91 - Dax / @zacoxi

11/22/2018 at 01:49AM

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#92 - Alex / @AlexanderHeatl2

05/21/2022 at 09:18PM

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#93 - tPenguinLTG / @tpenguinltg

09/07/2016 at 02:02AM

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#94 - tgmeng / @lazy_fabric

09/07/2016 at 02:38AM

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#95 - Cristian Lupașcu / @clupasq

09/07/2016 at 06:43AM

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#96 - Shivam Sharma / @getshivam

09/07/2016 at 08:19AM

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#97 - Jan Bundesmann / @janbundesmann

09/07/2016 at 08:28AM

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#98 - Walker Boh / @walker_boh

09/07/2016 at 08:34AM

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#99 - Utkrisht Dhankar / @UtkrishtDhankar

09/07/2016 at 08:43AM

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#100 - イーサン / @metakirby5

09/07/2016 at 09:49AM

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#101 - Stanislav / @prstad

09/07/2016 at 12:37PM

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#102 - hor1ace / @hor3ace

09/07/2016 at 01:34PM

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#103 - Lifepillar / @lifepillar

09/07/2016 at 08:23PM

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#104 - Winfried Puchinger / @winpuc

09/09/2016 at 09:59AM

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#105 - 馬 / @uma0124

09/09/2016 at 03:34PM

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#106 - Bruce Park / @bpark0

09/09/2016 at 06:56PM

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#107 - tetor / @t_etor

09/09/2016 at 08:17PM

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#108 - captain_morgan / @captain_morgan

09/11/2016 at 06:43PM

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#109 - Constantine / @ConstantineHatz

09/12/2016 at 05:52PM

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#110 - Matt Michnal / @mgm702

09/12/2016 at 09:56PM

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#111 - James / @Dronak

09/13/2016 at 11:56AM

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#112 - Finn Francis / @FinnFrancis

09/16/2016 at 09:09AM

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#113 - Rasmus / @SBareSSomErMig

09/16/2016 at 07:40PM

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#114 - Ameer Ayoub / @magicmeeror

09/16/2016 at 09:36PM

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#115 - Bendik Samseth / @BSamseth

09/19/2016 at 01:15PM

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#116 - Allen Gooch / @mojochao

09/20/2016 at 11:39PM

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#117 - Daniel Bellenger / @DanielBellenger

09/24/2016 at 10:38PM

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#118 - René De Alvarado / @renedealvarado

09/27/2016 at 12:52PM

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#119 - Jörg Meyer / @JoergMy

10/01/2016 at 03:57PM

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#120 - Test User / @TestUserIgnore

10/17/2016 at 08:48PM