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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| bluecheese | 2 | 1724 | 1155 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRM | -0.061 | 0.061 | 0.065 | 22.5 | -31 | -14 | 1186 | 1155 | 1571 |
| SRMFix | 0.515 | 0.515 | 0.535 | 106.4 | 62 | 151 | 1413 | 1413 | 1881 |
| EloSRM | 0.573 | 0.573 | 0.623 | 155.5 | 72 | 239 | 1724 | 1724 | 1823 |
| Odd | 0.594 | 0.594 | 0.649 | 161.8 | 71 | 253 | 1658 | 1658 | 1842 |
| initial | 0.706 | 0.706 | 0.706 | 85.0 | 83 | 87 | 1370 | 1370 | 1910 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2005-07-12 | SRM 251 | 2 | 80 | 100.36 | 0.33 | 72 | 1724 | 1823 | -31 | 1155 | 1571 |
| 1 | 2005-07-07 | SRM 250 | 2 | 103 | 181.60 | 0.82 | 239 | 1652 | 2075 | -14 | 1186 | 1456 |