ALL ANSWERS · SPORTS GEAR · DAILY No. 41 · OCTOBER 14, 2026
Size It Up Sports Gear answer: October 14
The five Sports Gear silhouettes for October 14, 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 41 ran from a lacrosse ball (6.37 cm) to a canoe (4.8 m). The widest gap was round 3, Relay baton against Kayak paddle, at 7.6×; the closest call was round 2, Tennis racket against Weight plate, 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
Canoe (Old Town Discovery 158 canoe) vs Skimboard (Zap Amp 52-inch model)
Skimboard · reference · 1.321 m Canoe · true length · 4.8 m 3.6× longer than the skimboard
Canoe: 480 cm length. Old Town Discovery 158 canoe; published rounded 4.8 m overall bow-to-stern length.
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ROUND 2
Tennis racket (Midplus format) vs Weight plate (Rogue US-MIL Spec bumper plate V2)
Weight plate · reference · 45 cm Tennis racket · true length · 69.25 cm 1.5× longer than the weight plate
Tennis racket: 69.25 cm length. Midplus format; representative midpoint of published 68.6–69.9 cm full-length range.
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ROUND 3
Relay baton (World Athletics relay baton) vs Kayak paddle (Werner Skagit FG 220 cm configuration)
Kayak paddle · reference · 2.2 m Relay baton · true length · 29 cm 7.6× shorter than the kayak paddle
Relay baton: 29 cm length. World Athletics relay baton; midpoint of permitted 0.28–0.30 m end-to-end length.
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ROUND 4
Lacrosse ball (Representative midpoint of published 62.7–64.7 mm diameter range) vs Dartboard (Regulation board full outer diameter, published 451 mm)
Dartboard · reference · 45.1 cm Lacrosse ball · true diameter · 6.37 cm 7.1× shorter than the dartboard
Lacrosse ball: 6.37 cm diameter. Representative midpoint of published 62.7–64.7 mm diameter range.
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ROUND 5
Ice hockey stick (Representative midpoint of published 142.2–160 cm full-length range) vs Squash racket (Dunlop FX 130 model)
Squash racket · reference · 68.6 cm Ice hockey stick · true length · 1.511 m 2.2× longer than the squash racket
Ice hockey stick: 151.1 cm length. Representative midpoint of published 142.2–160 cm full-length range.
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