DAILY NO. 43 · 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 November 3, 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 4: a golf ball is about 1.8× smaller than a hockey puck.
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: 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: Surfboard — 2 m. A surfboard measures 2 m (height), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, a refrigerator at 1.8 m.
A two-metre shortboard is smaller than most people picture — longboards start near three metres.
Common miss: players tend to compress a surfboard when it sits beside a refrigerator — 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: Hockey Stick — 1.6 m. A hockey stick measures 1.6 m (height), which is about 1.2× smaller than the reference, a US interior door at 2 m.
A stick is fitted to reach between the chin and the nose when the player is standing on skates.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a hockey stick when it sits beside a US interior door — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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