DAILY NO. 32 · 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 23, 2026 puzzle ran from a bowling ball at 21.8 cm to an American football field at 109.7 m — about 503× apart, drawing on sports. The pair furthest apart was round 2: a basketball hoop is 1.7× as big as a refrigerator.
Answer: NBA Basketball — 24.3 cm. An NBA basketball measures 24.3 cm (length / span), which is about 1.4× smaller than the reference, a laptop computer at 35 cm.
An NBA ball is regulated by circumference, about 75 cm, which works out to just under 25 cm across.
Common miss: players tend to inflate an NBA basketball when it sits beside a laptop computer — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Basketball Hoop — 3 m. A basketball hoop measures 3 m (height), which is 1.7× as big as the reference, a refrigerator at 1.8 m.
The rim is exactly 10 feet above the floor.
Common miss: players tend to compress a basketball hoop when it sits beside a refrigerator — 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 1.6× as big as the reference, a Boeing 747 at 70.7 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 a Boeing 747 — 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.
Answer: Bowling Ball — 21.8 cm. A bowling ball measures 21.8 cm (length / span), which is about 1.3× smaller than the reference, an American football at 28 cm.
Every bowling ball is the same width — only the weight changes, from six to sixteen pounds.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a bowling ball when it sits beside an American football — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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