3.51 The challenge must be met if the rating system is to succeed, if it is to produce ratings that will satisfy the players and the users of the rating list.
| Player | Rounds | Elo | SRM |
|---|---|---|---|
| spotcatbug | 5 | 1676 | 1026 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EloSRM | 0.285 | 0.365 | 0.386 | 71.7 | -24 | 136 | 1676 | 1676 | 1691 |
| SRMFix | 0.321 | 0.383 | 0.430 | 53.7 | -19 | 72 | 1431 | 1431 | 1654 |
| initial | 0.405 | 0.450 | 0.511 | 54.2 | -14 | 97 | 1444 | 1444 | 1491 |
| SRM | 0.115 | 0.459 | 0.579 | 60.0 | -106 | 62 | 1102 | 1026 | 1932 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2004-09-14 | SRM 211 | 2 | 49 | 73.55 | 0.59 | 59 | 1676 | 1691 | 62 | 1026 | 1932 |
| 4 | 2004-09-07 | TCO04 Qual 4 | 1 | 168 | 146.33 | -0.20 | -24 | 1618 | 1871 | -106 | 964 | 2125 |
| 3 | 2004-08-10 | SRM 207 | 2 | 67 | 85.31 | 0.35 | 60 | 1642 | 1706 | 1 | 1070 | 1626 |
| 2 | 2004-08-04 | SRM 206 | 2 | 82 | 103.25 | 0.33 | 81 | 1582 | 1894 | -33 | 1069 | 1625 |
| 1 | 2004-07-31 | SRM 205 | 2 | 94 | 120.62 | 0.36 | 136 | 1502 | 2120 | -98 | 1102 | 1507 |