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Ranked knots · how each fails

Two or three inspectable options for this job. Failure notes are the compromises, not decoration.

Surgeon’s Loop, Perfection Loop and Kryston Non-Slip Loop fit this job too closely for the model to separate. The order is not a verdict — choose on the failure notes below.

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Surgeon’s Loop

Line → loop (fixed end loop) · Monofilament

no field conditions declared

Strong
field fit — how well this connection suits the job you described

Relative ordering from weighted judgement. Not a retention figure, not a probability, not measured.

answer confidence low

Why this one
  • ·Level with Perfection Loop on weighted field fit (Strong). It is printed first on a faster retie (instant against fast) — not because it fits better
  • ·End loop that is tied quickly
  • ·Cold hands
  • ·Strong connection-job fit (86)
Retie notes
  • Double overhand on bight; even seat
  • Tension profile: low. Slip sensitivity: low.
  • Failure-sensitive stage: bight formation
  • Failure-sensitive stage: pass count
Watch for
  • !Seated on the standing line alone, leaving the tag side loose so the tag pulls back inside
  • !Tag trimmed before the knot fully closed, leaving it loose
  • !Strands of the double crossed over each other inside the knot
  • !Loop changes size under a test pull, showing the knot has not seated
Fallback

Perfection Loop Strong

Surgeon’s Loop leads on retie speed (95 vs 84) and field tieability (85 vs 78). Perfection Loop still holds an edge on connection-job fit and finished profile.

51 knots ruled out · 2026-09-16 08:08:38Z

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Failure modes

When this family fails, it fails as these. The recovered end still outranks the name.

Fixed-loop family

A loop that stays the size you made, with a return that cannot cinch.

  • !Loop cinched around the hardware — action is dead
  • !Return path reversed, so it becomes a slip loop
  • !Fluoro in a lock that only behaves on mono
Fails when
  • !Seated on the standing line alone, leaving the tag side loose so the tag pulls back inside
  • !Tag trimmed before the knot fully closed, leaving it loose
  • !Strands of the double crossed over each other inside the knot
  • !Loop changes size under a test pull, showing the knot has not seated
Geometry
  • Single pass only

    May slip

    Double pass minimum · step 02

  • Messy body

    Weaker

    Clean multi-pass preferred · step 02

  • Incomplete

    Unreliable

    Must complete passes · step 03

Same family

Same failure class, different geometry. Open the plates — Diagnose still starts from the symptom.

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Surviving options

01Surgeon’s Loop

Strong

Surgeon’s Loop leads on retie speed (95 vs 84) and field tieability (85 vs 78). Perfection Loop still holds an edge on connection-job fit and finished profile.

Connection-job fit86
Material compatibility83
Load behavior78
Diameter relationship70
Schematic — the Perfection Loop family, shared by 4 knots in this catalogueFinished structure. A standing loop locked above so the loop stays open under load.

A standing loop locked above so the loop stays open under load.

02Perfection Loop

Strong

Compact fixed end loop

03Kryston Non-Slip Loop

Strong

Documented job from Hook the Horizon library

04Homer Rhode Loop Knot

Good

Documented job from Hook the Horizon library

05King Sling

Good

Documented job from Hook the Horizon library

What separated these options

1 · Surgeon’s Loop

2 · Perfection Loop

3 · Kryston Non-Slip Loop

4 · Homer Rhode Loop Knot

Tie in the field×0.9
Retie speed×0.6
Job fit×1.4
Finished profile×0.8
Material×1.2
Under load×1.2
cold wet hand difficulty×0.1
wind sensitivity×0.1

Ordered by how much each axis separated these options, not by its weight. A heavy axis every candidate scores the same on decided nothing. The bar is the score; the number beside the axis is what that axis was worth in this situation.

  • Tie in the field, weight 0.9: Surgeon’s Loop 85, Perfection Loop 78, Kryston Non-Slip Loop 69, Homer Rhode Loop Knot 61. Highest: Surgeon’s Loop.
  • Retie speed, weight 0.6: Surgeon’s Loop 95, Perfection Loop 84, Kryston Non-Slip Loop 84, Homer Rhode Loop Knot 68. Highest: Surgeon’s Loop.
  • Job fit, weight 1.4: Surgeon’s Loop 86, Perfection Loop 96, Kryston Non-Slip Loop 90, Homer Rhode Loop Knot 92. Highest: Perfection Loop.
  • Finished profile, weight 0.8: Surgeon’s Loop 70, Perfection Loop 85, Kryston Non-Slip Loop 72, Homer Rhode Loop Knot 72. Highest: Perfection Loop.
  • Material, weight 1.2: Surgeon’s Loop 83, Perfection Loop 83, Kryston Non-Slip Loop 88, Homer Rhode Loop Knot 90. Highest: Homer Rhode Loop Knot.
  • Under load, weight 1.2: Surgeon’s Loop 78, Perfection Loop 78, Kryston Non-Slip Loop 82, Homer Rhode Loop Knot 84. Highest: Homer Rhode Loop Knot.
  • cold wet hand difficulty, weight 0.1: Surgeon’s Loop 92, Perfection Loop 78, Kryston Non-Slip Loop 69, Homer Rhode Loop Knot 61. Highest: Surgeon’s Loop.
  • wind sensitivity, weight 0.1: Surgeon’s Loop 92, Perfection Loop 78, Kryston Non-Slip Loop 69, Homer Rhode Loop Knot 61. Highest: Surgeon’s Loop.

Every scored dimension, every surviving option, side by side. Weighted order — the top rows are the ones actually deciding this call.

What would change this

What if the wind picks up and your hands go cold?

Surgeon’s Loop still leads. Field fit is Strong under that change (Strong here).

What if this connection must pass through the guides?

Recommendation switches to Perfection Loop — Strong field fit. Essentially level with Surgeon’s Loop on weighted field fit (Strong vs Strong). Treat them as the same answer and choose on the tradeoff

What if you had to rebuild it every twenty minutes?

Surgeon’s Loop still leads. Field fit is Strong under that change (Strong here).

What if you were tying this with unpracticed hands?

Recommendation switches to Perfection Loop — Strong field fit. Essentially level with Surgeon’s Loop on weighted field fit (Strong vs Strong). Treat them as the same answer and choose on the tradeoff

Where the catalogue went

Every connection in this discipline was checked against the job you set. This is what removed the ones you are not seeing — press a band to read them.

61 modelled · 51 ruled out · 10 survived · top 8 shown

A knot that fails more than one constraint is counted once, against the most fundamental one. Nothing here is a score — these are the checks a connection has to pass before it is ranked at all.

Decide

State the job.
We’ll say what holds.

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The job

What is physically being joined.

Terminal
Line to line
Loops & spool
Rig

line to loop · mono