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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| bigBang | 8 | 2116 | 1132 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRM | 0.216 | 0.796 | 1.239 | 73.2 | -117 | 124 | 1335 | 1132 | 4682 |
| initial | 0.615 | 0.852 | 1.361 | 102.6 | -46 | 411 | 1793 | 1793 | 2737 |
| SRMFix | 0.392 | 0.950 | 1.364 | 102.7 | -88 | 318 | 1609 | 1603 | 3436 |
| EloSRM | 0.284 | 1.037 | 1.389 | 123.6 | -66 | 418 | 2116 | 2116 | 3081 |
| Odd | 0.260 | 1.047 | 1.383 | 119.3 | -60 | 433 | 2002 | 2002 | 3066 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 2008-07-19 | SRM 410 | 2 | 43 | 362.21 | 3.07 | 211 | 2116 | 3081 | 124 | 1132 | 4682 |
| 7 | 2008-04-15 | SRM 398 | 2 | 405 | 227.69 | -0.83 | -56 | 1905 | 4162 | -65 | 1008 | 4796 |
| 6 | 2007-11-20 | SRM 378 | 2 | 347 | 171.32 | -1.02 | -54 | 1961 | 3281 | -62 | 1073 | 3902 |
| 5 | 2007-11-06 | SRM 374 | 2 | 275 | 128.95 | -1.09 | -66 | 2015 | 2876 | -54 | 1135 | 3248 |
| 4 | 2007-06-07 | SRM 353 | 1 | 499 | 525.85 | 0.08 | 26 | 2081 | 2230 | -29 | 1189 | 2633 |
| 3 | 2007-03-14 | SRM 342 | 1 | 328 | 312.22 | -0.07 | -6 | 2054 | 2069 | -117 | 1218 | 2294 |
| 2 | 2007-02-20 | SRM 340 | 1 | 332 | 460.03 | 0.45 | 152 | 2060 | 2141 | 31 | 1335 | 1697 |
| 1 | 2007-01-13 | SRM 334 | 2 | 132 | 424.91 | 1.69 | 418 | 1909 | 2795 | 104 | 1304 | 1803 |