ALL ANSWERS · SPORTS GEAR · DAILY No. 44 · OCTOBER 17, 2026
Size It Up Sports Gear answer: October 17
The five Sports Gear silhouettes for October 17, 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 44 ran from a squash ball (4 cm) to a canoe (4.8 m). The widest gap was round 5, Squash ball against American football, at 7.1×; the closest call was round 2, Cross-country ski against Ice hockey goalie stick, 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
Candlepin bowling ball (Published 11 cm candlepin-ball outside diameter) vs Five-pin bowling pin (Published 12.5-inch five-pin pin base-to-top height)
Five-pin bowling pin · reference · 31.75 cm Candlepin bowling ball · true diameter · 11 cm 2.9× shorter than the five-pin bowling pin
Candlepin bowling ball: 11 cm diameter. Published 11 cm candlepin-ball outside diameter.
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ROUND 2
Cross-country ski (Sporten Forester touring ski size 190 cm) vs Ice hockey goalie stick (Representative midpoint of published 142.2–160 cm complete goalie-stick length range)
Ice hockey goalie stick · reference · 1.511 m Cross-country ski · true length · 1.9 m 1.3× longer than the ice hockey goalie stick
Cross-country ski: 190 cm length. Sporten Forester touring ski size 190 cm; one ski nose to tail.
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ROUND 3
Field hockey ball (Representative midpoint of published 71.3–74.8 mm diameter range) vs Futsal ball (FIFA futsal ball)
Futsal ball · reference · 20.05 cm Field hockey ball · true diameter · 7.305 cm 2.7× shorter than the futsal ball
Field hockey ball: 7.305 cm diameter. Representative midpoint of published 71.3–74.8 mm diameter range.
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ROUND 4
Stand-up paddleboard (Decathlon Itiwit Ultra-Compact medium 9-foot board) vs Canoe (Old Town Discovery 158 canoe)
Canoe · reference · 4.8 m Stand-up paddleboard · true length · 2.743 m 1.7× shorter than the canoe
Stand-up paddleboard: 274.32 cm length. Decathlon Itiwit Ultra-Compact medium 9-foot board; nose-to-tail length.
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ROUND 5
Squash ball (Representative midpoint of published 39.5–40.5 mm diameter range) vs American football (Representative midpoint of published 28–29 cm tip-to-tip range)
American football · reference · 28.5 cm Squash ball · true diameter · 4 cm 7.1× shorter than the American football
Squash ball: 4 cm diameter. Representative midpoint of published 39.5–40.5 mm diameter range.
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