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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HyperNewbie | 6 | 1877 | 906 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odd | 0.289 | 0.385 | 0.566 | 75.3 | -25 | 182 | 1762 | 1762 | 4955 |
| EloSRM | 0.305 | 0.406 | 0.596 | 80.7 | -31 | 215 | 1877 | 1877 | 4942 |
| initial | 0.285 | 0.422 | 0.590 | 50.9 | -34 | 135 | 1406 | 1406 | 4845 |
| SRMFix | 0.297 | 0.436 | 0.590 | 50.0 | -38 | 108 | 1355 | 1355 | 5720 |
| SRM | 0.042 | 0.569 | 0.606 | 85.3 | -198 | 59 | 1002 | 906 | 8337 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 2008-07-31 | SRM 412 | 2 | 349 | 354.66 | 0.02 | 23 | 1877 | 4942 | 6 | 906 | 8337 |
| 5 | 2008-04-15 | SRM 398 | 2 | 204 | 452.98 | 1.15 | 215 | 1854 | 4556 | 59 | 900 | 5766 |
| 4 | 2007-04-24 | SRM 346 | 2 | 178 | 321.32 | 0.85 | 149 | 1639 | 4638 | 44 | 841 | 5150 |
| 3 | 2007-02-14 | SRM 339 | 2 | 309 | 315.18 | -0.26 | -31 | 1490 | 5728 | -97 | 797 | 5917 |
| 2 | 2006-12-21 | SRM 331 | 2 | 338 | 364.12 | 0.11 | 52 | 1521 | 5201 | -108 | 894 | 4753 |
| 1 | 2006-04-27 | SRM 300 | 2 | 137 | 194.78 | -0.04 | 15 | 1469 | 4626 | -198 | 1002 | 3349 |