ALL ANSWERS · SPORTS GEAR · DAILY No. 49 · OCTOBER 22, 2026
Size It Up Sports Gear answer: October 22
The five Sports Gear silhouettes for October 22, 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 49 ran from a pickleball (7.425 cm) to a kayak (3.2 m). The widest gap was round 3, Beach volleyball against Canoe paddle, at 6.4×; the closest call was round 4, Hammer-throw head against Kettlebell, only 2.3× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Medicine ball (Rogue Medicine Ball, standard 14-inch outer diameter) vs Track hurdle (World Athletics senior men's 110 m hurdles)
Track hurdle · reference · 1.067 m Medicine ball · true diameter · 35.56 cm 3.0× shorter than the track hurdle
Medicine ball: 35.56 cm diameter. Rogue Medicine Ball, standard 14-inch outer diameter.
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ROUND 2
Softball bat (Rawlings Mantra fastpitch 2026 model) vs Kayak (Old Town Loon 106 kayak)
Kayak · reference · 3.2 m Softball bat · true length · 86.36 cm 3.7× shorter than the kayak
Softball bat: 86.36 cm length. Rawlings Mantra fastpitch 2026 model; published 34-inch full length.
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ROUND 3
Beach volleyball (FIVB beach ball) vs Canoe paddle (Bending Branches Beavertail 54-inch configuration)
Canoe paddle · reference · 1.372 m Beach volleyball · true diameter · 21.33 cm 6.4× shorter than the canoe paddle
Beach volleyball: 21.327 cm diameter. FIVB beach ball; midpoint of permitted 66–68 cm circumference divided by pi.
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ROUND 4
Hammer-throw head (World Athletics men's senior 7.26 kg hammer head) vs Kettlebell (Vulcan Absolute 16 kg competition kettlebell)
Kettlebell · reference · 28 cm Hammer-throw head · true diameter · 12 cm 2.3× shorter than the kettlebell
Hammer-throw head: 12 cm diameter. World Athletics men's senior 7.26 kg hammer head; midpoint of 110–130 mm permitted diameter, excluding wire and handle.
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ROUND 5
Pickleball paddle (JOOLA Perseus Double Vision model) vs Pickleball (Representative midpoint of published 73–75.5 mm outside diameter range)
Pickleball · reference · 7.425 cm Pickleball paddle · true length · 41.91 cm 5.6× longer than the pickleball
Pickleball paddle: 41.91 cm length. JOOLA Perseus Double Vision model; published 16.5-inch full paddle length.
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