ALL ANSWERS · SPORTS GEAR · DAILY No. 47 · OCTOBER 20, 2026
Size It Up Sports Gear answer: October 20
The five Sports Gear silhouettes for October 20, 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 47 ran from a squash ball (4 cm) to an association football goal (7.32 m). The widest gap was round 5, Track hurdle against Association football goal, at 6.9×; the closest call was round 3, Ice hockey goal against Bodyboard, 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
Surfboard (Catch Surf LOG 6-foot configuration) vs Cricket bat (Representative midpoint of published 85.1–87.3 cm common full-length range)
Cricket bat · reference · 86.2 cm Surfboard · true length · 1.829 m 2.1× longer than the cricket bat
Surfboard: 182.88 cm length. Catch Surf LOG 6-foot configuration; nose-to-tail length.
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ROUND 2
Cricket stump (MCC regulation stump height above ground, 28 inches) vs Table tennis paddle (Representative midpoint of published 240–260 mm overall paddle length range)
Table tennis paddle · reference · 25 cm Cricket stump · true height · 71.12 cm 2.8× taller than the table tennis paddle
Cricket stump: 71.12 cm height. MCC regulation stump height above ground, 28 inches; excludes bails.
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ROUND 3
Ice hockey goal (72-inch ice-hockey goal opening) vs Bodyboard (Catch Surf Classic 42-inch configuration)
Bodyboard · reference · 1.067 m Ice hockey goal · true width · 1.829 m 1.7× wider than the bodyboard
Ice hockey goal: 182.88 cm width. 72-inch ice-hockey goal opening; converted exactly to 1.8288 m (site's rounded cm conversion is inconsistent).
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ROUND 4
Association football (IFAB match ball) vs Squash ball (Representative midpoint of published 39.5–40.5 mm diameter range)
Squash ball · reference · 4 cm Association football · true diameter · 21.96 cm 5.5× wider than the squash ball
Association football: 21.963 cm diameter. IFAB match ball; midpoint of permitted 68–70 cm circumference divided by pi.
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ROUND 5
Track hurdle (World Athletics senior men's 110 m hurdles) vs Association football goal (IFAB adult goal)
Association football goal · reference · 7.32 m Track hurdle · true height · 1.067 m 6.9× shorter than the association football goal
Track hurdle: 106.7 cm height. World Athletics senior men's 110 m hurdles; top of crossbar 1.067 m above track.
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