DAILY NO. 18 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
Today's five technology 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 9, 2026 puzzle ran from a smartwatch at 4.5 cm to a server rack at 2 m — about 44× apart, drawing on technology. The pair furthest apart was round 5: a smartwatch is about 2.1× smaller than a coffee mug.
Answer: Mirrorless Camera — 13 cm. A mirrorless camera measures 13 cm (length / span), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, a large dragonfly at 12 cm.
Dropping the mirror box let camera bodies shrink by about a third.
Common miss: players tend to compress a mirrorless camera when it sits beside a large dragonfly — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Game Controller — 16 cm. A game controller measures 16 cm (length / span), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, a hot dog at 15 cm.
Controller width has hardly moved since the 1990s — hands did not get bigger.
Common miss: players tend to compress a game controller when it sits beside a hot dog — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: 55-Inch Television — 1.2 m. A 55-inch television measures 1.2 m (length / span), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, a golden retriever at 94 cm.
A 55-inch TV is 55 inches corner to corner; across the front it is only about 1.2 m.
Common miss: players tend to compress a 55-inch television when it sits beside a golden retriever — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Server Rack — 2 m. A server rack measures 2 m (height), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a US interior door at 2 m.
A full rack is commonly around two metres tall.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a server rack when it sits beside a US interior door — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Smartwatch — 4.5 cm. A smartwatch measures 4.5 cm (height), which is about 2.1× smaller than the reference, a coffee mug at 9.5 cm.
Watch cases are sold by case diameter in millimetres, and 45 mm is a large one.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a smartwatch when it sits beside a coffee mug — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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