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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sparsebase | 5 | 1684 | 833 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRM | -0.074 | 0.864 | 1.029 | 127.8 | -210 | 136 | 1230 | 833 | 3478 |
| initial | 0.155 | 0.983 | 1.277 | 118.4 | -114 | 308 | 1542 | 1293 | 2571 |
| SRMFix | 0.059 | 1.006 | 1.259 | 130.1 | -116 | 327 | 1584 | 1317 | 2526 |
| EloSRM | 0.082 | 1.015 | 1.237 | 119.5 | -70 | 290 | 1850 | 1684 | 2290 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2005-09-20 | SRM 264 | 2 | 182 | 137.91 | -0.80 | -41 | 1684 | 2290 | -71 | 833 | 3478 |
| 4 | 2005-09-14 | SRM 263 | 2 | 208 | 135.29 | -0.99 | -55 | 1725 | 2099 | -116 | 904 | 3010 |
| 3 | 2005-08-16 | TCO05 Qual 4/6 | 1 | 246 | 207.54 | -0.54 | -70 | 1780 | 1864 | -210 | 1020 | 2402 |
| 2 | 2005-08-10 | SRM 258 | 2 | 35 | 180.21 | 2.36 | 290 | 1850 | 1539 | 136 | 1230 | 1348 |
| 1 | 2005-08-08 | SRM 257 | 2 | 176 | 228.91 | 0.38 | 142 | 1560 | 2587 | -106 | 1094 | 1920 |