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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| thanumalayan | 9 | 2300 | 1319 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRMFix | 0.568 | 0.603 | 0.791 | 72.0 | -21 | 172 | 1799 | 1799 | 2447 |
| EloSRM | 0.574 | 0.628 | 0.798 | 88.6 | -10 | 239 | 2300 | 2300 | 2197 |
| Odd | 0.577 | 0.630 | 0.803 | 86.0 | -2 | 240 | 2175 | 2175 | 2196 |
| SRM | 0.392 | 0.661 | 0.822 | 62.8 | -105 | 135 | 1340 | 1319 | 2680 |
| initial | 0.672 | 0.672 | 0.867 | 81.0 | 3 | 189 | 1929 | 1929 | 2424 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 2008-10-08 | SRM 421 | 1 | 411 | 489.70 | 0.25 | 50 | 2300 | 2197 | 23 | 1319 | 2680 |
| 8 | 2008-04-03 | SRM 396 | 1 | 404 | 427.25 | 0.08 | 18 | 2251 | 2197 | -11 | 1296 | 2373 |
| 7 | 2008-03-06 | SRM 392 | 1 | 408 | 470.86 | -0.04 | 1 | 2233 | 2237 | -33 | 1307 | 2308 |
| 6 | 2007-12-04 | SRM 380 | 1 | 212 | 397.76 | 0.91 | 125 | 2232 | 1966 | 135 | 1340 | 1980 |
| 5 | 2007-11-28 | SRM 379 | 2 | 66 | 109.02 | 0.72 | 65 | 2107 | 2519 | 44 | 1205 | 2854 |
| 4 | 2007-11-14 | SRM 376 | 2 | 66 | 178.60 | 1.44 | 132 | 2042 | 2784 | 71 | 1161 | 3098 |
| 3 | 2007-09-26 | SRM 367 | 2 | 136 | 337.23 | 1.31 | 158 | 1909 | 3379 | 69 | 1090 | 3322 |
| 2 | 2007-09-12 | SRM 365 | 2 | 372 | 323.46 | -0.20 | -10 | 1752 | 4390 | -105 | 1021 | 3872 |
| 1 | 2007-09-04 | SRM 364 | 2 | 250 | 405.80 | 0.70 | 239 | 1762 | 4291 | -74 | 1126 | 3121 |