ALL ANSWERS · SPORTS GEAR · DAILY No. 27 · SEPTEMBER 30, 2026
Size It Up Sports Gear answer: September 30
The five Sports Gear silhouettes for September 30, 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 27 ran from a baseball (7.4 cm) to a handball goal (3 m). The widest gap was round 1, Barbell against Pickleball paddle, at 5.3×; the closest call was round 3, Javelin against Cross-country ski, only 1.4× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Barbell (Rogue Ohio Bar 20 kg) vs Pickleball paddle (JOOLA Perseus Double Vision model)
Pickleball paddle · reference · 41.91 cm Barbell · true length · 2.203 m 5.3× longer than the pickleball paddle
Barbell: 220.345 cm length. Rogue Ohio Bar 20 kg; full 86.75-inch bar length, sleeve-end to sleeve-end.
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ROUND 2
Alpine ski (Rossignol HERO ELITE MT TI C.A.M. size 170 cm) vs Handball goal (IHF indoor goal)
Handball goal · reference · 3 m Alpine ski · true length · 1.7 m 1.8× shorter than the handball goal
Alpine ski: 170 cm length. Rossignol HERO ELITE MT TI C.A.M. size 170 cm; one ski nose to tail.
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ROUND 3
Javelin (World Athletics men's senior 800 g javelin) vs Cross-country ski (Sporten Forester touring ski size 190 cm)
Cross-country ski · reference · 1.9 m Javelin · true length · 2.65 m 1.4× longer than the cross-country ski
Javelin: 265 cm length. World Athletics men's senior 800 g javelin; midpoint of 2.6–2.7 m permitted tip-to-tail length.
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ROUND 4
Baseball (Representative midpoint of published 7.3–7.5 cm diameter range) vs Hammer-throw head (World Athletics men's senior 7.26 kg hammer head)
Hammer-throw head · reference · 12 cm Baseball · true diameter · 7.4 cm 1.6× shorter than the hammer-throw head
Baseball: 7.4 cm diameter. Representative midpoint of published 7.3–7.5 cm diameter range.
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ROUND 5
Pool cue (Predator P3 USA model) vs Medicine ball (Rogue Medicine Ball, standard 14-inch outer diameter)
Medicine ball · reference · 35.56 cm Pool cue · true length · 1.473 m 4.1× longer than the medicine ball
Pool cue: 147.32 cm length. Predator P3 USA model; published 58-inch cue length.
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