Statistical properties of 58 spicules in the MURaM enhanced network simulation, excluding short-lived spicules (MURaM-Pereira; see text for details) compared with 174 spicules in quiet Sun (QS) observations with the Hinode/SOT. We also show the original distribution (MURaM-EN) without excluding short-lived spicules in red. All the distributions are normalised. The dot-dashed blue lines indicates the median value for the QS observations, while the dot-dashed black lines indicate the median value for the simulations given the lifetime criteria (MURaM-Pereira).