What is 3 metres tall?
Nine objects in the Size It Up measurement set stand between 2.4 m (7.87 ft) and 3.5 m (11.48 ft), Ostrich the shortest and Rubeus Hagrid the tallest. That is 3 m (9.84 ft) give or take a fifth, and African Elephant comes closest to it, 6.7% over, with one other inside a tenth of it. Every number here is a height, which is the only reason Ostrich and Rubeus Hagrid can be put in the same row: the drawing below holds them to one scale and one height.
| # | Object | Height | Against 3 m | Recorded as | Drawn against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ostrich | 2.4 m 7.87 ft |
-20% | Average Male | vs Camel |
| 2 | Grizzly Bear | 2.5 m 8.2 ft |
-17% | Male standing upright | vs African Elephant |
| 3 | Ocean Sunfish | 2.5 m 8.2 ft |
-17% | Average Female | vs Lion |
| 4 | London Phone Box | 2.51 m 8.23 ft |
-16% | No qualifier | None yet |
| 5 | Thanos | 2.52 m 8.27 ft |
-16% | Marvel | vs T. rex |
| 6 | Asian Elephant | 2.75 m 9.02 ft |
-8.3% | Average Adult Male | None yet |
| 7 | African Elephant | 3.2 m 10.5 ft |
+6.7% | Bull | vs Grizzly Bear |
| 8 | Groudon | 3.5 m 11.48 ft |
+17% | No qualifier | None yet |
| 9 | Rubeus Hagrid | 3.5 m 11.48 ft |
+17% | Harry Potter | vs Darth Vader |
Every height in the table falls between 2.4 m and 3.5 m, Ostrich through to Rubeus Hagrid, and all 9 come from the Size It Up measurement set, one real size and one measured axis per object, last checked in September 2026; where each outline comes from is listed on the sources page.
Where each one falls against 3 m
Ostrich stops 20% short, at 2.4 m (7.87 ft). Grizzly Bear and Ocean Sunfish are all recorded at 2.5 m (8.2 ft), 17% under the mark. At 2.51 m (8.23 ft), London Phone Box is 16% below it. No outline on the page is narrower than London Phone Box: 1.01 m of width for 2.51 m of height, a ratio of 2.5 to one.
Thanos stops 16% short, at 2.52 m (8.27 ft). At 2.75 m (9.02 ft), Asian Elephant is 8.3% below it. At 3.2 m (10.5 ft), African Elephant stands 6.7% above it. No outline on the page spreads wider than African Elephant: 5.17 m across for 3.2 m of height.
Groudon and Rubeus Hagrid are all recorded at 3.5 m (11.48 ft), 17% over the mark.
The gaps inside the band
End to end the page runs from Ostrich at 2.4 m (7.87 ft) to Rubeus Hagrid at 3.5 m (11.48 ft), a spread of 46%. Nine objects carry seven distinct figures between them, so some outlines stand exactly level on the drawing: Grizzly Bear and Ocean Sunfish at 2.5 m, and one other set of matching figures beside them. The widest step inside the band is between Asian Elephant and African Elephant, 16% apart, and every other neighbour is closer than that.
Ocean Sunfish, London Phone Box and Thanos are the tightest three, held inside 0.8% of each other, which is well below what anyone judges by eye. Six of the nine sit under 3 m and three above it, which is where the dashed marker crosses the drawing.
Why they do not look the same size
The drawing above puts all nine outlines on one scale, standing on one ground line, so the only thing separating Ostrich from Rubeus Hagrid is the measurement itself. Groudon is 5.29 times as wide as London Phone Box on that drawing, 5.33 m against 1.01 m, while the figures that put them both on this page are 39% apart. That is the whole difficulty with judging size by eye: what fills the frame is the outline of Groudon, and what puts it on this page is one height of 3.5 m. Groudon and London Phone Box are held to the same scale all the same, the way a drawing has to be built before two sizes can be read off it at once.
What each figure covers
The figure for Ostrich is the one for average male, 2.4 m (7.87 ft). The figure for Grizzly Bear is the one for male standing upright, 2.5 m (8.2 ft). The figure for Ocean Sunfish is the one for average female, 2.5 m (8.2 ft).
The figure for Asian Elephant is the one for average adult male, 2.75 m (9.02 ft). The figure for African Elephant is the one for bull, 3.2 m (10.5 ft). Grizzly Bear is measured to a point on the body rather than to the top of it, which is the convention for that kind of animal and not a rounding of anything.
Two of them are characters rather than objects, Thanos and Rubeus Hagrid, and a character has no tape measure behind it: the figure comes from what the story fixes, not from anyone standing next to it. London Phone Box and Groudon carry no qualifier in the set, so their figure is the plain one, with nothing narrowed down. Every figure above is a height, Ostrich and Rubeus Hagrid included, and the axis is the first thing to check before two sizes are worth putting side by side.
How often they come up in the game
Between them these nine objects have come up 79 times in the daily game, and Grizzly Bear accounts for 30 of those on its own. Five of them have been drawn no more than twice in all: Asian Elephant, Ostrich, Ocean Sunfish, London Phone Box and Groudon. Not one of these pairs has ever been drawn in the game, and Grizzly Bear against Ocean Sunfish shows why: both are recorded at 2.5 m, which is a coin toss rather than a question.