Height of a basketball hoop

Height of a basketball hoop (3.048 m)

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If Height of a basketball hoop (3.048 m) was a standard unit ...

  • Height of the `Shard` skyscraper (London) (310 m)...more would be 100 x Height of a basketball hoop
  • Height of the Abeno Harukas building (tallest in Japan) (310 m)...more would be 100 x Height of a basketball hoop
  • Height of the spire of Salisbury cathedral (123 m)...more would be 40 x Height of a basketball hoop
  • Height of the `Christ the Redeemer` statue in Rio de Janeiro (30 m)...more would be 10 x Height of a basketball hoop
  • Men's World Pole Vault Record (2022) (6.2 m)...more would be 2 x Height of a basketball hoop
  • Men's Olympic Pole Vault record (2016) (6.03 m)...more would be 2 x Height of a basketball hoop
  • Height of a ice-hockey goal (1.2 m)...more would be 2/5 of Height of a basketball hoop

Is That A Big Number? - The Book

Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.

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