Hello agent_smith
1. Its TIB - which is nice (Xarax would be impressed too)
It is very hard to impress Xarax, he is able to decode a knot structure and analyze its components in just a quick peek.
He was already sounding concerns about the asymmetry of the SP continuations all along, in relation to this very knot structure, and he is often proved to be precise at his predictions.
Trully, i have recently been informed by Alan Lee, and i am spreading the word to you and apparently to the rest of the audience that follow this topic,
that the knot jammed at around 60 % of MBS, therefore
it fails to be characterised as a jam proof midline knot, according to your definitions.
However, i am curious of the jamming threshold, at which jamming was initiated, which profile has been tested (it was rather the inline loaded in some way), and how dit it go up to 50% MBS, in order to define its jam resistance. I understand jamming is not a linear process, thus it might occur to any loading phase!
Having been cautious of the sharp turn, it appears according to Alan Lee, that it was the weak link that triggered jamming, while the crossing knot collar did much better, (it didn't jam).
Based on that, it also appears that i was right to swap the SPs with the Eskimo variation.
Afterall, it was a good TIB exercise, that gave prominence to the versatility of a TIB knot and its various loading profiles.
Thanks for your feedback, and of course many thanks to Alan Lee for his time and effort.