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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sandy007smarty | 8 | 2121 | 1160 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EloSRM | 0.536 | 0.815 | 1.383 | 126.3 | -98 | 664 | 2163 | 2121 | 1287 |
| initial | 0.634 | 0.855 | 1.448 | 103.0 | -66 | 381 | 1851 | 1811 | 1406 |
| SRMFix | 0.631 | 0.898 | 1.504 | 111.9 | -132 | 408 | 1786 | 1741 | 1461 |
| SRM | 0.584 | 1.036 | 1.646 | 127.5 | -433 | 243 | 1257 | 1160 | 2186 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 2006-03-17 | SRM 293 | 1 | 280 | 254.16 | -0.29 | -22 | 2121 | 1287 | -60 | 1160 | 2186 |
| 7 | 2006-03-06 | SRM 292 | 1 | 277 | 258.62 | -0.10 | -4 | 2142 | 1215 | -4 | 1220 | 1829 |
| 6 | 2006-02-14 | SRM 289 | 1 | 201 | 203.21 | -0.21 | -17 | 2146 | 1112 | -33 | 1224 | 1741 |
| 5 | 2006-02-04 | SRM 287 | 1 | 170 | 249.93 | -0.06 | 1 | 2163 | 1049 | 15 | 1257 | 1544 |
| 4 | 2006-01-30 | SRM 286 | 1 | 218 | 244.35 | 0.16 | 41 | 2161 | 1049 | 41 | 1242 | 1616 |
| 3 | 2006-01-24 | SRM 285 | 2 | 18 | 64.98 | 1.85 | 165 | 2121 | 1142 | 191 | 1201 | 1811 |
| 2 | 2006-01-21 | SRM 284 | 2 | 34 | 356.34 | 3.39 | 664 | 1956 | 1602 | 243 | 1010 | 2761 |
| 1 | 2005-01-22 | SRM 227 | 2 | 215 | 157.68 | -0.45 | -98 | 1292 | 3401 | -433 | 767 | 3147 |