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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caffeine | 3 | 1078 | 463 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EloSRM | -0.225 | 0.225 | 0.249 | 44.6 | -69 | -7 | 1154 | 1078 | 1606 |
| Odd | -0.232 | 0.232 | 0.254 | 40.0 | -67 | -7 | 1161 | 1088 | 1603 |
| SRMFix | -0.314 | 0.314 | 0.342 | 61.4 | -106 | -18 | 1094 | 1016 | 1598 |
| initial | -0.348 | 0.348 | 0.369 | 41.9 | -54 | -21 | 1146 | 1074 | 1584 |
| SRM | -0.566 | 0.566 | 0.626 | 245.7 | -345 | -51 | 859 | 463 | 1593 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2002-01-31 | SRM 62 | 2 | 244 | 279.08 | -0.07 | -7 | 1078 | 1606 | -51 | 463 | 1593 |
| 2 | 2002-01-23 | SRM 59 | 2 | 295 | 246.16 | -0.29 | -69 | 1085 | 1463 | -345 | 514 | 1448 |
| 1 | 2001-07-18 | SRM 15 | 2 | 54 | 47.54 | -0.31 | -58 | 1154 | 258 | -341 | 859 | 265 |