ALL ANSWERS · SPORTS GEAR · DAILY No. 35 · OCTOBER 8, 2026
Size It Up Sports Gear answer: October 8
The five Sports Gear silhouettes for October 8, 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 35 ran from a handball (18.8 cm) to a rowing oar (3.725 m). The widest gap was round 3, Alpine ski against Handball, at 9.0×; the closest call was round 5, Ice hockey goal against Rowing oar, only 2.0× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Basketball hoop (Basketball rim) vs Snowboard (Burton Counterbalance Camber 2026, board size 158 cm)
Snowboard · reference · 1.58 m Basketball hoop · true diameter · 45.72 cm 3.5× shorter than the snowboard
Basketball hoop: 45.72 cm diameter. Basketball rim; 18-inch clear inside diameter, excluding metal tube.
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ROUND 2
Archery target face (World Archery 70 m recurve target face outer diameter, 122 cm) vs Dumbbell (SMRTFT NÜOBELL 100 at 100 lb)
Dumbbell · reference · 54.86 cm Archery target face · true diameter · 1.22 m 2.2× wider than the dumbbell
Archery target face: 122 cm diameter. World Archery 70 m recurve target face outer diameter, 122 cm.
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ROUND 3
Alpine ski (Rossignol HERO ELITE MT TI C.A.M. size 170 cm) vs Handball (Size 3)
Handball · reference · 18.8 cm Alpine ski · true length · 1.7 m 9.0× longer than the handball
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 4
Water polo ball (Size 5) vs Croquet mallet (George Wood Original 36-inch configuration)
Croquet mallet · reference · 91.44 cm Water polo ball · true diameter · 22.13 cm 4.1× shorter than the croquet mallet
Water polo ball: 22.125 cm diameter. Size 5; representative midpoint of published 21.65–22.6 cm diameter range.
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ROUND 5
Ice hockey goal (72-inch ice-hockey goal opening) vs Rowing oar (Concept2 Smoothie2 sweep oar, medium adjustment 372.5 cm within maker's 370–375 cm recommended range)
Rowing oar · reference · 3.725 m Ice hockey goal · true width · 1.829 m 2.0× shorter than the rowing oar
Ice hockey goal: 182.88 cm width. 72-inch ice-hockey goal opening; converted exactly to 1.8288 m (site's rounded cm conversion is inconsistent).
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