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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livesey | 7 | 1231 | 410 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EloSRM | -0.189 | 0.207 | 0.230 | 28.0 | -52 | 17 | 1347 | 1231 | 5059 |
| Odd | -0.196 | 0.212 | 0.235 | 25.4 | -48 | 17 | 1292 | 1178 | 5069 |
| SRMFix | -0.215 | 0.235 | 0.261 | 36.2 | -97 | 7 | 1103 | 960 | 5121 |
| initial | -0.247 | 0.262 | 0.288 | 31.6 | -54 | 6 | 1157 | 992 | 5128 |
| SRM | -0.379 | 0.403 | 0.531 | 113.7 | -306 | 3 | 894 | 410 | 5090 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 2005-10-18 | SRM 268 | 2 | 286 | 283.06 | -0.15 | -14 | 1231 | 5059 | -20 | 410 | 5090 |
| 6 | 2005-08-16 | TCO05 Qual 5/10 | 1 | 303 | 317.18 | 0.07 | 17 | 1245 | 4850 | 3 | 430 | 4909 |
| 5 | 2005-08-02 | SRM 256 | 2 | 341 | 293.18 | -0.28 | -34 | 1228 | 4481 | -115 | 427 | 4510 |
| 4 | 2005-07-26 | SRM 254 | 2 | 208 | 216.11 | -0.18 | -21 | 1262 | 4251 | -46 | 542 | 4233 |
| 3 | 2005-05-14 | SRM 242 | 2 | 237 | 217.36 | -0.12 | -12 | 1283 | 3772 | -88 | 588 | 3844 |
| 2 | 2005-03-03 | SRM 233 | 2 | 267 | 205.98 | -0.37 | -52 | 1295 | 3413 | -218 | 676 | 3425 |
| 1 | 2005-02-08 | SRM 230 | 2 | 175 | 145.38 | -0.27 | -46 | 1347 | 3086 | -306 | 894 | 2510 |