ALL ANSWERS · SPORTS GEAR · DAILY No. 42 · OCTOBER 15, 2026
Size It Up Sports Gear answer: October 15
The five Sports Gear silhouettes for October 15, 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 42 ran from a shot put (12 cm) to a volleyball net (9.75 m). The widest gap was round 1, Fencing foil against Volleyball net, at 8.9×; the closest call was round 2, Wakeboard against Baseball bat, 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
Fencing foil (Standard foil overall length 110 cm from pommel to blade tip) vs Volleyball net (FIVB regulation physical net length midpoint 9.5–10 m)
Volleyball net · reference · 9.75 m Fencing foil · true length · 1.1 m 8.9× shorter than the volleyball net
Fencing foil: 110 cm length. Standard foil overall length 110 cm from pommel to blade tip.
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ROUND 2
Wakeboard (Liquid Force Trip 2026 size 144 cm) vs Baseball bat (Professional baseball bat)
Baseball bat · reference · 86.4 cm Wakeboard · true length · 1.44 m 1.7× longer than the baseball bat
Wakeboard: 144 cm length. Liquid Force Trip 2026 size 144 cm; nose-to-tail length.
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ROUND 3
Shot put (World Athletics men's senior 7.26 kg shot) vs Dumbbell (SMRTFT NÜOBELL 100 at 100 lb)
Dumbbell · reference · 54.86 cm Shot put · true diameter · 12 cm 4.6× shorter than the dumbbell
Shot put: 12 cm diameter. World Athletics men's senior 7.26 kg shot; midpoint of 110–130 mm permitted diameter.
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ROUND 4
Pool cue (Predator P3 USA model) vs Table tennis paddle (Representative midpoint of published 240–260 mm overall paddle length range)
Table tennis paddle · reference · 25 cm Pool cue · true length · 1.473 m 5.9× longer than the table tennis paddle
Pool cue: 147.32 cm length. Predator P3 USA model; published 58-inch cue length.
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ROUND 5
Cricket bat (Representative midpoint of published 85.1–87.3 cm common full-length range) vs Ice hockey goal (72-inch ice-hockey goal opening)
Ice hockey goal · reference · 1.829 m Cricket bat · true length · 86.2 cm 2.1× shorter than the ice hockey goal
Cricket bat: 86.2 cm length. Representative midpoint of published 85.1–87.3 cm common full-length range.
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