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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| smallville | 5 | 1455 | 512 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odd | -0.065 | 0.160 | 0.196 | 35.6 | -77 | 41 | 1353 | 1353 | 11818 |
| EloSRM | -0.047 | 0.172 | 0.216 | 43.4 | -92 | 53 | 1455 | 1455 | 11984 |
| initial | -0.193 | 0.199 | 0.279 | 23.9 | -65 | 2 | 1135 | 1084 | 12493 |
| SRMFix | -0.160 | 0.205 | 0.282 | 39.3 | -133 | 7 | 1067 | 1030 | 12460 |
| SRM | -0.452 | 0.452 | 0.653 | 137.6 | -432 | -30 | 768 | 512 | 12214 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2009-03-24 | SRM 437 | 2 | 662 | 731.56 | 0.14 | 45 | 1455 | 11984 | -30 | 512 | 12214 |
| 4 | 2008-11-06 | SRM 424 | 2 | 577 | 649.38 | 0.17 | 53 | 1410 | 12434 | -30 | 542 | 11921 |
| 3 | 2008-10-08 | SRM 421 | 2 | 663 | 693.31 | -0.10 | -20 | 1357 | 13120 | -107 | 572 | 12204 |
| 2 | 2007-12-08 | SRM 381 | 2 | 482 | 598.87 | -0.03 | 7 | 1377 | 9151 | -89 | 679 | 7954 |
| 1 | 2006-06-24 | SRM 308 | 2 | 350 | 262.53 | -0.42 | -92 | 1370 | 5964 | -432 | 768 | 5527 |