ALL ANSWERS · SPORTS GEAR · DAILY No. 56 · OCTOBER 29, 2026
Size It Up Sports Gear answer: October 29
The five Sports Gear silhouettes for October 29, 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 56 ran from a cricket ball (7.18 cm) to a badminton net (6.1 m). The widest gap was round 5, Table tennis paddle against Ice hockey goal, at 7.3×; the closest call was round 2, Field hockey goal against Canoe paddle, only 2.7× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Floorball stick (MPS Wildstick Black 100L model) vs Handball goal (IHF indoor goal)
Handball goal · reference · 3 m Floorball stick · true length · 1.1 m 2.7× shorter than the handball goal
Floorball stick: 110 cm length. MPS Wildstick Black 100L model; 110 cm overall including blade, not its 100 cm shaft alone.
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ROUND 2
Field hockey goal (Regulated inside opening width between posts, published 3.66 m) vs Canoe paddle (Bending Branches Beavertail 54-inch configuration)
Canoe paddle · reference · 1.372 m Field hockey goal · true width · 3.66 m 2.7× wider than the canoe paddle
Field hockey goal: 366 cm width. Regulated inside opening width between posts, published 3.66 m.
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ROUND 3
Kayak paddle (Werner Skagit FG 220 cm configuration) vs Badminton net (Doubles-court net span between posts, published 20 ft or 6.1 m)
Badminton net · reference · 6.1 m Kayak paddle · true length · 2.2 m 2.8× shorter than the badminton net
Kayak paddle: 220 cm length. Werner Skagit FG 220 cm configuration; grip end to blade end along full shaft.
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ROUND 4
Cricket ball (Representative midpoint of published 7.1–7.26 cm diameter range) vs Beach volleyball (FIVB beach ball)
Beach volleyball · reference · 21.33 cm Cricket ball · true diameter · 7.18 cm 3.0× shorter than the beach volleyball
Cricket ball: 7.18 cm diameter. Representative midpoint of published 7.1–7.26 cm diameter range.
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ROUND 5
Table tennis paddle (Representative midpoint of published 240–260 mm overall paddle length range) vs Ice hockey goal (72-inch ice-hockey goal opening)
Ice hockey goal · reference · 1.829 m Table tennis paddle · true length · 25 cm 7.3× shorter than the ice hockey goal
Table tennis paddle: 25 cm length. Representative midpoint of published 240–260 mm overall paddle length range.
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