172.29 centimeters is equal to 67.8 inches.
This is roughly the height of the average adult male.
It is also slightly shorter than the length of a standard queen size bed (60 inches).
Additionally, it is slightly taller than a standard adult-sized guitar (42 inches) and about the same height as a medium-sized bicycle (26 inches).
It is also about 1.5 times the height of a standard subway sandwich (6 inches).
In summary, 172.29 centimeters is a little over 5 and a half feet or just over half the height of an average adult.