ALL ANSWERS · SPORTS GEAR · DAILY No. 28 · OCTOBER 1, 2026
Size It Up Sports Gear answer: October 1
The five Sports Gear silhouettes for October 1, 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 28 ran from a field hockey ball (7.305 cm) to a badminton net (6.1 m). The widest gap was round 4, Lacrosse goalie stick against Kettlebell, at 5.1×; the closest call was round 3, Badminton net against Field hockey goal, only 1.7× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Skateboard (Arbor Whiskey 8.0 Experience complete) vs Size 7 basketball (FIBA size 7)
Size 7 basketball · reference · 24.19 cm Skateboard · true length · 80.65 cm 3.3× longer than the size 7 basketball
Skateboard: 80.645 cm length. Arbor Whiskey 8.0 Experience complete; published 31.75-inch nose-to-tail length.
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ROUND 2
Field hockey ball (Representative midpoint of published 71.3–74.8 mm diameter range) vs Bowling ball (Ten-pin ball)
Bowling ball · reference · 21.83 cm Field hockey ball · true diameter · 7.305 cm 3.0× shorter than the bowling ball
Field hockey ball: 7.305 cm diameter. Representative midpoint of published 71.3–74.8 mm diameter range.
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ROUND 3
Badminton net (Doubles-court net span between posts, published 20 ft or 6.1 m) vs Field hockey goal (Regulated inside opening width between posts, published 3.66 m)
Field hockey goal · reference · 3.66 m Badminton net · true width · 6.1 m 1.7× wider than the field hockey goal
Badminton net: 610 cm width. Doubles-court net span between posts, published 20 ft or 6.1 m.
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ROUND 4
Lacrosse goalie stick (Representative midpoint of published 101.6–182.9 cm complete goalie-stick length range) vs Kettlebell (Vulcan Absolute 16 kg competition kettlebell)
Kettlebell · reference · 28 cm Lacrosse goalie stick · true length · 1.423 m 5.1× longer than the kettlebell
Lacrosse goalie stick: 142.25 cm length. Representative midpoint of published 101.6–182.9 cm complete goalie-stick length range; shaft butt to head tip.
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ROUND 5
Five-pin bowling pin (Published 12.5-inch five-pin pin base-to-top height) vs Squash racket (Dunlop FX 130 model)
Squash racket · reference · 68.6 cm Five-pin bowling pin · true height · 31.75 cm 2.2× shorter than the squash racket
Five-pin bowling pin: 31.75 cm height. Published 12.5-inch five-pin pin base-to-top height.
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