ALL ANSWERS · SPORTS GEAR · DAILY No. 21 · SEPTEMBER 24, 2026
Size It Up Sports Gear answer: September 24
The five Sports Gear silhouettes for September 24, with the true sizes. If you have not played yet, this page is a spoiler — play these five first, then come back to argue with the numbers.
Day 21 ran from a table tennis ball (4 cm) to a canoe (4.8 m). The widest gap was round 5, Canoe against American football, at 17×; the closest call was round 4, Basketball backboard against Padel racket, only 4.0× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Croquet mallet (George Wood Original 36-inch configuration) vs Futsal ball (FIFA futsal ball)
Futsal ball · reference · 20.05 cm Croquet mallet · true length · 91.44 cm 4.6× longer than the futsal ball
Croquet mallet: 91.44 cm length. George Wood Original 36-inch configuration; from ground at head base to handle tip.
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ROUND 2
Skipping rope cable (Rogue Speed Rope supplied uncut cable) vs Five-pin bowling pin (Published 12.5-inch five-pin pin base-to-top height)
Five-pin bowling pin · reference · 31.75 cm Skipping rope cable · true length · 3.048 m 9.6× longer than the five-pin bowling pin
Skipping rope cable: 304.8 cm length. Rogue Speed Rope supplied uncut cable; 10 ft cable only, excluding separate handles.
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ROUND 3
Handball (Size 3) vs Table tennis ball (ITTF competition ball diameter, 40 mm)
Table tennis ball · reference · 4 cm Handball · true diameter · 18.8 cm 4.7× wider than the table tennis ball
Handball: 18.8 cm diameter. Size 3; representative midpoint of published 185–191 mm diameter range.
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ROUND 4
Basketball backboard (72-inch wide backboard format) vs Padel racket (Wiposports WPR0018 model)
Padel racket · reference · 45.5 cm Basketball backboard · true width · 1.83 m 4.0× wider than the padel racket
Basketball backboard: 183 cm width. 72-inch wide backboard format; full horizontal board width.
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ROUND 5
Canoe (Old Town Discovery 158 canoe) vs American football (Representative midpoint of published 28–29 cm tip-to-tip range)
American football · reference · 28.5 cm Canoe · true length · 4.8 m 17× longer than the American football
Canoe: 480 cm length. Old Town Discovery 158 canoe; published rounded 4.8 m overall bow-to-stern length.
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