ALL ANSWERS · SPORTS GEAR · DAILY No. 45 · OCTOBER 18, 2026
Size It Up Sports Gear answer: October 18
The five Sports Gear silhouettes for October 18, 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 45 ran from a lacrosse ball (6.37 cm) to a battle rope (15.24 m). The widest gap was round 2, Battle rope against Yoga mat, at 8.3×; the closest call was round 4, Barbell against Snowboard, only 1.4× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Gymnastics ring (Power Gears FIG-size gymnastic ring) vs Softball bat (Rawlings Mantra fastpitch 2026 model)
Softball bat · reference · 86.36 cm Gymnastics ring · true diameter · 23.6 cm 3.7× shorter than the softball bat
Gymnastics ring: 23.6 cm diameter. Power Gears FIG-size gymnastic ring; 23.6 cm full outside diameter of one ring (18 cm is the inside opening).
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ROUND 2
Battle rope (Rogue Battle Rope) vs Yoga mat (Rogue 5 mm yoga mat)
Yoga mat · reference · 1.829 m Battle rope · true length · 15.24 m 8.3× longer than the yoga mat
Battle rope: 1524 cm length. Rogue Battle Rope; full laid-out rope length, 50 ft.
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ROUND 3
Indoor volleyball (FIVB indoor ball) vs Lacrosse ball (Representative midpoint of published 62.7–64.7 mm diameter range)
Lacrosse ball · reference · 6.37 cm Indoor volleyball · true diameter · 21.01 cm 3.3× wider than the lacrosse ball
Indoor volleyball: 21.008 cm diameter. FIVB indoor ball; midpoint of permitted 65–67 cm circumference divided by pi.
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ROUND 4
Barbell (Rogue Ohio Bar 20 kg) vs Snowboard (Burton Counterbalance Camber 2026, board size 158 cm)
Snowboard · reference · 1.58 m Barbell · true length · 2.203 m 1.4× longer than the snowboard
Barbell: 220.345 cm length. Rogue Ohio Bar 20 kg; full 86.75-inch bar length, sleeve-end to sleeve-end.
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ROUND 5
Bowling pin (Ten-pin format) vs Tennis ball (Representative midpoint of published 6.54–6.86 cm diameter range)
Tennis ball · reference · 6.7 cm Bowling pin · true height · 38 cm 5.7× taller than the tennis ball
Bowling pin: 38 cm height. Ten-pin format; base to top, 15 inches rounded to 38 cm.
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