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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phantom Coder | 8 | 1382 | 775 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EloSRM | 0.049 | 0.175 | 0.199 | 32.7 | -22 | 72 | 1382 | 1382 | 2378 |
| Odd | 0.020 | 0.176 | 0.196 | 29.3 | -25 | 55 | 1352 | 1352 | 2394 |
| initial | 0.024 | 0.191 | 0.213 | 23.0 | -36 | 37 | 1223 | 1223 | 2333 |
| SRMFix | 0.038 | 0.202 | 0.219 | 27.6 | -71 | 32 | 1187 | 1187 | 2452 |
| SRM | -0.192 | 0.285 | 0.420 | 54.1 | -164 | 4 | 1109 | 775 | 2863 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 2003-03-10 | SRM 138 | 2 | 116 | 123.95 | 0.10 | 19 | 1382 | 2378 | -4 | 775 | 2863 |
| 7 | 2003-03-06 | SRM 137 | 2 | 125 | 144.44 | 0.21 | 34 | 1363 | 2466 | 4 | 779 | 2866 |
| 6 | 2003-02-20 | TCCC '03 W/MW Regional | 1 | 117 | 126.32 | -0.09 | -10 | 1330 | 2629 | -69 | 775 | 2894 |
| 5 | 2003-02-11 | SRM 135 | 2 | 136 | 170.25 | 0.32 | 67 | 1340 | 2619 | -21 | 844 | 2595 |
| 4 | 2003-01-30 | SRM 131 | 2 | 166 | 192.91 | 0.22 | 72 | 1273 | 2818 | -65 | 865 | 2418 |
| 3 | 2002-02-28 | SRM 69 | 2 | 226 | 208.59 | -0.12 | -7 | 1201 | 1627 | -164 | 930 | 1145 |
| 2 | 2001-04-28 | TCCC '01 Round 3 | 1 | 45 | 46.68 | 0.05 | 30 | 1208 | 58 | -15 | 1094 | 59 |
| 1 | 2001-04-21 | TCCC '01 Round 2 | 1 | 64 | 52.50 | -0.30 | -22 | 1178 | 64 | -91 | 1109 | 64 |