ALL ANSWERS · SPORTS GEAR · DAILY No. 36 · OCTOBER 9, 2026
Size It Up Sports Gear answer: October 9
The five Sports Gear silhouettes for October 9, 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 36 ran from a table tennis ball (4 cm) to a pool cue (1.473 m). The widest gap was round 3, Racquetball against Bowling pin, at 6.7×; the closest call was round 5, Golf driver against Pool cue, only 1.3× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Lacrosse stick (Offensive stick) vs Association football (IFAB match ball)
Association football · reference · 21.96 cm Lacrosse stick · true length · 1.042 m 4.7× longer than the association football
Lacrosse stick: 104.15 cm length. Offensive stick; representative midpoint of published 101.6–106.7 cm full-length range.
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ROUND 2
Squash racket (Dunlop FX 130 model) vs Wakeboard (Liquid Force Trip 2026 size 144 cm)
Wakeboard · reference · 1.44 m Squash racket · true length · 68.6 cm 2.1× shorter than the wakeboard
Squash racket: 68.6 cm length. Dunlop FX 130 model; published 27-inch full length.
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ROUND 3
Racquetball (Published 57 mm outside diameter) vs Bowling pin (Ten-pin format)
Bowling pin · reference · 38 cm Racquetball · true diameter · 5.7 cm 6.7× shorter than the bowling pin
Racquetball: 5.7 cm diameter. Published 57 mm outside diameter.
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ROUND 4
Discus (World Athletics men's senior 2 kg discus) vs Table tennis ball (ITTF competition ball diameter, 40 mm)
Table tennis ball · reference · 4 cm Discus · true diameter · 22 cm 5.5× wider than the table tennis ball
Discus: 22 cm diameter. World Athletics men's senior 2 kg discus; midpoint of 219–221 mm outer metal rim diameter.
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ROUND 5
Golf driver (Callaway Quantum Triple Diamond Max model) vs Pool cue (Predator P3 USA model)
Pool cue · reference · 1.473 m Golf driver · true length · 1.162 m 1.3× shorter than the pool cue
Golf driver: 116.205 cm length. Callaway Quantum Triple Diamond Max model; published 45.75-inch standard length.
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