Baguette
52.5 cm (1.722 ft)
Loaf length
A French stick, made to the rules of Paris's best-baguette contest. The contest requires 50 to 55 cm.
Published
How big is that?
52.5 cm is 1.8 times an A4 sheet and 30% of an adult man.
Baguette is the 3rd largest of the 31 Kitchen Table objects, and the 82nd smallest of the 172 objects across all five SizeItUp games.
Closest in size from the other games: Archaeopteryx (Prehistoric Giants), 50 cm long and Dodo (Prehistoric Giants), 70 cm tall.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: Baguette in orange beside the Kitchen Table objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs Baguette |
|---|---|---|
| BlenderA countertop blender with its jar on, measured on a Vitamix 5200. | 52.07 cm tall | about the same |
| Microwave ovenA countertop microwave seen from the front, measured on a Panasonic 1.2 cu ft. | 52.5 cm wide | about the same |
| Baguette | 52.5 cm long | – |
| Kitchen tableA table for four seen from the front, measured on an IKEA MÖRBYLÅNGA. | 75 cm tall | 1.4× bigger |
| Kitchen islandA free-standing kitchen island seen from the front, measured on an IKEA TORNVIKEN. | 90 cm tall | 1.7× bigger |
In other units
| Millimetres | 525 |
|---|---|
| Centimetres | 52.5 |
| Metres | 0.525 |
| Inches | 20.67 |
| Feet | 1.722 |
How it's measured
Loaf length. Midpoint of the 50 to 55 cm required by the Grand Prix de la meilleure baguette de Paris.
The source gives a range, so this is the middle of it.
Sources
- presse.paris.fr: Ville de Paris: les baguettes présentées devront mesurer entre 50 et 55 cm de long.
Checked against the source on .
Could you have guessed it by eye?
Baguette is one of the objects in Kitchen Table, a daily size comparison game: you stretch a shape to the size you think is right beside one you know.