Repay Loan Faster or Contribute More Retirement?

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The more I think about it, I’m starting to wonder if I’d actually be better off increasing my TSP contribution. Contributions are taken out pre-tax that would be $$$ I’m not paying taxes on. Even if I pay more towards the loan, I’d still be paying taxes on it before I send the payment.
This is what I would do. I'd choose a decent sized payment to make on the loan, but nothing too uncomfortable, and put my focus on maxing out my TSP.
 
The loan will be paid off after this next paycheck and then I'll bump up my TSP contribution a couple percent the check after that so all the spam-bots can stop reviving this thread now.
 
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