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The original was posted on /r/vim by /u/Crippledupdown on 2024-04-03 04:59:00.

A few months ago I published ‘vim-racer.com’. It’s sort of like ‘TypeRacer’. Instead of measuring your typing speed, it tests your ability to navigate with vim. There’s a few online games that test your ability to navigate efficiently in vim: with the fewest keystrokes. My goal with vim-racer was to test your ability to navigate quickly: the fastest NPM (navigations per minute) wins.

It took me a while, but the leaderboard for vim-racer is back online again. There’s a new race type, and with the intention of making the site more educational, I added a tip for every race.

Likely the last day that I’m ranked #1.

If you’re wondering why I had to take the leaderboard down, it was because of the cost. I built it with amazon’s documentDB. Once the free tier ran out, it got really expensive. It’s now built with dynamoDB, and dynamoDB has an unlimited free tier. Fortunately, vim-racer will likely never exceed the free tier limits.

Edit: If you find ways to cheat, I would really appreciate a dm, so I can figure out a way to patch it. Anyone who discloses a cheating mechanism will be memorialized on the site.