DAILY NO. 37 · 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 28, 2026 puzzle ran from a golf ball at 4.3 cm to an Olympic swimming pool at 50 m — 3 orders of magnitude apart, drawing on sports. The pair furthest apart was round 3: a golf ball is about 1.8× smaller than a hockey puck.
Answer: Soccer Goal — 7.3 m. A soccer goal measures 7.3 m (length / span), which is about 1.2× smaller than the reference, a Triceratops at 9 m.
A full-size association football goal is 7.32 metres wide.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a soccer goal when it sits beside a Triceratops — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: American Football — 28 cm. An American football measures 28 cm (length / span), which is about 1.3× smaller than the reference, a large pizza at 35.6 cm.
An American football is measured along its long axis; the pointed ends make it read larger than it is.
Common miss: players tend to inflate an American football when it sits beside a large pizza — 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 1.8× smaller than the reference, a hockey puck at 7.6 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 hockey puck — 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 about 1.4× smaller than the reference, a Boeing 747 at 70.7 m.
An Olympic pool is exactly 50 metres long.
Common miss: players tend to inflate an Olympic swimming pool when it sits beside a Boeing 747 — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Surfboard — 2 m. A surfboard measures 2 m (height), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a US interior door at 2 m.
A two-metre shortboard is smaller than most people picture — longboards start near three metres.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a surfboard when it sits beside a US interior door — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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