ALL ANSWERS · SPORTS GEAR · DAILY No. 57 · OCTOBER 30, 2026
Size It Up Sports Gear answer: October 30
The five Sports Gear silhouettes for October 30, 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 57 ran from a racquetball (5.7 cm) to a rowing oar (3.725 m). The widest gap was round 2, Baseball bat against Bowling ball, at 4.0×; the closest call was round 5, Fencing foil against Badminton racket, only 1.6× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Racquetball (Published 57 mm outside diameter) vs Five-pin bowling ball (Representative midpoint of published 12.1–12.7 cm five-pin ball diameter)
Five-pin bowling ball · reference · 12.4 cm Racquetball · true diameter · 5.7 cm 2.2× shorter than the five-pin bowling ball
Racquetball: 5.7 cm diameter. Published 57 mm outside diameter.
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ROUND 2
Baseball bat (Professional baseball bat) vs Bowling ball (Ten-pin ball)
Bowling ball · reference · 21.83 cm Baseball bat · true length · 86.4 cm 4.0× longer than the bowling ball
Baseball bat: 86.4 cm length. Professional baseball bat; published typical 34-inch full length.
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ROUND 3
Field hockey stick (Representative midpoint of published 89–95 cm typical full-length range) vs Skipping rope cable (Rogue Speed Rope supplied uncut cable)
Skipping rope cable · reference · 3.048 m Field hockey stick · true length · 92 cm 3.3× shorter than the skipping rope cable
Field hockey stick: 92 cm length. Representative midpoint of published 89–95 cm typical full-length range.
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ROUND 4
Bodyboard (Catch Surf Classic 42-inch configuration) vs Rowing oar (Concept2 Smoothie2 sweep oar, medium adjustment 372.5 cm within maker's 370–375 cm recommended range)
Rowing oar · reference · 3.725 m Bodyboard · true length · 1.067 m 3.5× shorter than the rowing oar
Bodyboard: 106.68 cm length. Catch Surf Classic 42-inch configuration; nose-to-tail length.
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ROUND 5
Fencing foil (Standard foil overall length 110 cm from pommel to blade tip) vs Badminton racket (Representative midpoint of published 665–680 mm full-length range)
Badminton racket · reference · 67.25 cm Fencing foil · true length · 1.1 m 1.6× longer than the badminton racket
Fencing foil: 110 cm length. Standard foil overall length 110 cm from pommel to blade tip.
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