ALL ANSWERS · SPORTS GEAR · DAILY No. 26 · SEPTEMBER 29, 2026
Size It Up Sports Gear answer: September 29
The five Sports Gear silhouettes for September 29, 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 26 ran from a squash ball (4 cm) to a gymnastics balance beam (5 m). The widest gap was round 3, Tennis racket against Gymnastics balance beam, at 7.2×; the closest call was round 4, Ice hockey goalie stick against Field hockey stick, only 1.6× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Squash ball (Representative midpoint of published 39.5–40.5 mm diameter range) vs Water polo ball (Size 5)
Water polo ball · reference · 22.13 cm Squash ball · true diameter · 4 cm 5.5× shorter than the water polo ball
Squash ball: 4 cm diameter. Representative midpoint of published 39.5–40.5 mm diameter range.
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ROUND 2
Longboard (Arbor Axis 37 Flagship) vs Beach volleyball (FIVB beach ball)
Beach volleyball · reference · 21.33 cm Longboard · true length · 93.98 cm 4.4× longer than the beach volleyball
Longboard: 93.98 cm length. Arbor Axis 37 Flagship; published 37-inch nose-to-tail length.
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ROUND 3
Tennis racket (Midplus format) vs Gymnastics balance beam (FIG women's artistic competition beam)
Gymnastics balance beam · reference · 5 m Tennis racket · true length · 69.25 cm 7.2× shorter than the gymnastics balance beam
Tennis racket: 69.25 cm length. Midplus format; representative midpoint of published 68.6–69.9 cm full-length range.
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ROUND 4
Ice hockey goalie stick (Representative midpoint of published 142.2–160 cm complete goalie-stick length range) vs Field hockey stick (Representative midpoint of published 89–95 cm typical full-length range)
Field hockey stick · reference · 92 cm Ice hockey goalie stick · true length · 1.511 m 1.6× longer than the field hockey stick
Ice hockey goalie stick: 151.1 cm length. Representative midpoint of published 142.2–160 cm complete goalie-stick length range; shaft end to blade tip.
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ROUND 5
Bowling ball (Ten-pin ball) vs Lacrosse ball (Representative midpoint of published 62.7–64.7 mm diameter range)
Lacrosse ball · reference · 6.37 cm Bowling ball · true diameter · 21.83 cm 3.4× wider than the lacrosse ball
Bowling ball: 21.83 cm diameter. Ten-pin ball; published 21.83 cm diameter.
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