DAILY NO. 36 · 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 27, 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 1: a smartwatch is about 2.4× smaller than a light bulb.
Answer: Smartwatch — 4.5 cm. A smartwatch measures 4.5 cm (height), which is about 2.4× smaller than the reference, a light bulb at 11 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 light bulb — 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: 55-Inch Television — 1.2 m. A 55-inch television measures 1.2 m (length / span), which is about 1.4× smaller than the reference, a road bicycle at 1.8 m.
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 inflate a 55-inch television when it sits beside a road bicycle — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: PlayStation 5 — 39 cm. A PlayStation 5 measures 39 cm (height), which is about 1.2× smaller than the reference, a desktop computer tower at 45 cm.
The largest home console ever sold, almost entirely because of its cooling.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a PlayStation 5 when it sits beside a desktop computer tower — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Camera Drone — 35 cm. A camera drone measures 35 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a laptop computer at 35 cm.
Measured diagonally between motors, the dimension most drone regulations use.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a camera drone when it sits beside a laptop computer — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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