DAILY NO. 17 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
Today's five sports Size It Up comparisons with the measured size of each object, its reference and a source you can check. The puzzle is still live, so every answer stays hidden until you tap it. Haven't played yet? Play today's puzzle first.
The October 8, 2026 puzzle ran from a golf ball at 4.3 cm to an American football field at 109.7 m — 3 orders of magnitude apart, drawing on sports. The pair furthest apart was round 3: a golf ball is about 1.9× smaller than a chocolate chip cookie.
Answer: Hockey Puck — 7.6 cm. A hockey puck measures 7.6 cm (length / span), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, a house key at 6 cm.
A regulation puck is exactly three inches across.
Common miss: players tend to compress a hockey puck when it sits beside a house key — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: American Football Field — 109.7 m. An American football field measures 109.7 m (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, the International Space Station at 109 m.
Goal line to goal line is 100 yards; end zones make the full field 120 yards.
Common miss: players tend to compress an American football field when it sits beside the International Space Station — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Golf Ball — 4.3 cm. A golf ball measures 4.3 cm (length / span), which is about 1.9× smaller than the reference, a chocolate chip cookie at 8 cm.
A golf ball cannot be smaller than 42.67 mm in diameter.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a golf ball when it sits beside a chocolate chip cookie — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Baseball Bat — 86 cm. A baseball bat measures 86 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a trombone at 90 cm.
A common adult bat is 34 inches long.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a baseball bat when it sits beside a trombone — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Olympic Swimming Pool — 50 m. An Olympic swimming pool measures 50 m (length / span), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, a Space Shuttle orbiter at 37.3 m.
An Olympic pool is exactly 50 metres long.
Common miss: players tend to compress an Olympic swimming pool when it sits beside a Space Shuttle orbiter — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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