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How big is a high-jump world record?
2.45 m
A high-jump world record measures 2.45 m. That's about 29 credit cards lined up end to end.
By the numbers
- That's 2.45 meters, or about 8.04 feet.
- It stands a little taller than an average adult (1.7 m).
- Roughly 29 credit cards could line up across it.
- Out of all 1,014 things in this collection, it ranks #409 by size.
Size comparison
How high-jump world record stacks up against things of a similar size. Tap any bar to explore it.
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high-jump world record
2.45 m
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Bars use a logarithmic scale so everything fits — real differences are even more extreme!
Fun fact
You could line up roughly 0.694 of them along the height of an average person.
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