ALL ANSWERS · SPORTS GEAR · DAILY No. 48 · OCTOBER 21, 2026
Size It Up Sports Gear answer: October 21
The five Sports Gear silhouettes for October 21, 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 48 ran from a lacrosse ball (6.37 cm) to a badminton net (6.1 m). The widest gap was round 2, Skateboard against Badminton net, at 7.6×; the closest call was round 1, Basketball backboard against Snooker cue, only 1.2× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Basketball backboard (72-inch wide backboard format) vs Snooker cue (Peradon Lazer one-piece model)
Snooker cue · reference · 1.475 m Basketball backboard · true width · 1.83 m 1.2× wider than the snooker cue
Basketball backboard: 183 cm width. 72-inch wide backboard format; full horizontal board width.
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ROUND 2
Skateboard (Arbor Whiskey 8.0 Experience complete) vs Badminton net (Doubles-court net span between posts, published 20 ft or 6.1 m)
Badminton net · reference · 6.1 m Skateboard · true length · 80.65 cm 7.6× shorter than the badminton net
Skateboard: 80.645 cm length. Arbor Whiskey 8.0 Experience complete; published 31.75-inch nose-to-tail length.
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ROUND 3
Yoga mat (Rogue 5 mm yoga mat) vs Longboard (Arbor Axis 37 Flagship)
Longboard · reference · 93.98 cm Yoga mat · true length · 1.829 m 1.9× longer than the longboard
Yoga mat: 182.88 cm length. Rogue 5 mm yoga mat; published 72-inch full unrolled length.
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ROUND 4
Lacrosse ball (Representative midpoint of published 62.7–64.7 mm diameter range) vs Discus (World Athletics men's senior 2 kg discus)
Discus · reference · 22 cm Lacrosse ball · true diameter · 6.37 cm 3.5× shorter than the discus
Lacrosse ball: 6.37 cm diameter. Representative midpoint of published 62.7–64.7 mm diameter range.
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ROUND 5
Badminton shuttlecock (Representative midpoint of published 85–95 mm cork-to-feather-tip overall length) vs Dumbbell (SMRTFT NÜOBELL 100 at 100 lb)
Dumbbell · reference · 54.86 cm Badminton shuttlecock · true length · 9 cm 6.1× shorter than the dumbbell
Badminton shuttlecock: 9 cm length. Representative midpoint of published 85–95 mm cork-to-feather-tip overall length.
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