https://matteocampagna.com/en/registry/equipment/compound-recurve-arrow-speed Changes to this claim in Matteo Campagna's evidence registry: its status, its year-by-year history, revisions of the page. en-gb https://matteocampagna.com/en/registry/equipment/compound-recurve-arrow-speedThat the compound arrow leaves faster shows up in every figure available: measured in the laboratory, four compounds launch the arrow at between 70 and 82 metres per second, while the two bows that are, or in all likelihood are, recurves sit between 57 and 65, and a 2019 review puts the two ranges at 55 to 65 and 75 to 90 metres per second. The direct comparison, though, has been made only twice. In 2020 a study on wind measures a recurve and a compound with the same draw length, 57.2 against 78.9 metres per second, but with different draw weights and arrows, so the difference can be seen but not quantified. In 2025 competition data on 61 World Cup archers give 292.0 against 216.7 (t=-17.66, p<0.001), with compound speeds more uniform from archer to archer; the units are given as metres per second but only make sense as feet per second, that is about 89 against 66 metres per second, in line with the review. The direction is not in doubt; how large the advantage is at the same draw weight and with the same arrow, on the other hand, nobody has measured.claim:compound-velocita-freccia:revision:2026-04-10:3Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://matteocampagna.com/en/registry/equipment/compound-recurve-arrow-speedclaim:compound-velocita-freccia:new_claim:2026-02-13:riportatoFri, 13 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT