ALL ANSWERS · SPORTS GEAR · DAILY No. 30 · OCTOBER 3, 2026
Size It Up Sports Gear answer: October 3
The five Sports Gear silhouettes for October 3, 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 30 ran from a softball (9.7 cm) to a tennis net (12.8 m). The widest gap was round 5, Baseball bat against Tennis net, at 15×; the closest call was round 3, Wakeboard against Barbell, only 1.5× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Softball (Published 12-inch softball diameter) vs Squash racket (Dunlop FX 130 model)
Squash racket · reference · 68.6 cm Softball · true diameter · 9.7 cm 7.1× shorter than the squash racket
Softball: 9.7 cm diameter. Published 12-inch softball diameter.
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ROUND 2
Snowboard (Burton Counterbalance Camber 2026, board size 158 cm) vs Javelin (World Athletics men's senior 800 g javelin)
Javelin · reference · 2.65 m Snowboard · true length · 1.58 m 1.7× shorter than the javelin
Snowboard: 158 cm length. Burton Counterbalance Camber 2026, board size 158 cm; full nose-to-tail nominal length.
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ROUND 3
Wakeboard (Liquid Force Trip 2026 size 144 cm) vs Barbell (Rogue Ohio Bar 20 kg)
Barbell · reference · 2.203 m Wakeboard · true length · 1.44 m 1.5× shorter than the barbell
Wakeboard: 144 cm length. Liquid Force Trip 2026 size 144 cm; nose-to-tail length.
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ROUND 4
Indoor volleyball (FIVB indoor ball) vs Surfboard (Catch Surf LOG 6-foot configuration)
Surfboard · reference · 1.829 m Indoor volleyball · true diameter · 21.01 cm 8.7× shorter than the surfboard
Indoor volleyball: 21.008 cm diameter. FIVB indoor ball; midpoint of permitted 65–67 cm circumference divided by pi.
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ROUND 5
Baseball bat (Professional baseball bat) vs Tennis net (Doubles-court net span between post centres, published 42 ft or 12.8 m)
Tennis net · reference · 12.8 m Baseball bat · true length · 86.4 cm 15× shorter than the tennis net
Baseball bat: 86.4 cm length. Professional baseball bat; published typical 34-inch full length.
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