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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| mengchao | 7 | 1624 | 561 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| initial | 0.003 | 0.461 | 0.543 | 55.6 | -62 | 136 | 1265 | 1203 | 8136 |
| Odd | 0.034 | 0.463 | 0.518 | 64.7 | -61 | 121 | 1556 | 1518 | 7779 |
| EloSRM | 0.053 | 0.475 | 0.542 | 71.8 | -79 | 133 | 1667 | 1624 | 7807 |
| SRMFix | 0.038 | 0.481 | 0.567 | 60.2 | -105 | 115 | 1211 | 1169 | 8912 |
| SRM | -0.062 | 0.602 | 0.699 | 109.9 | -311 | 41 | 889 | 561 | 12295 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 2008-10-08 | SRM 421 | 2 | 663 | 540.35 | -0.46 | -42 | 1624 | 7807 | -68 | 561 | 12295 |
| 6 | 2008-07-23 | SRM 411 | 2 | 336 | 440.12 | 0.39 | 67 | 1667 | 7122 | 41 | 629 | 11532 |
| 5 | 2008-05-03 | East China Round 1 | 1 | 416 | 890.73 | 1.10 | 133 | 1600 | 6966 | 24 | 588 | 9792 |
| 4 | 2008-04-15 | SRM 398 | 2 | 636 | 531.16 | -0.34 | -50 | 1467 | 8367 | -144 | 564 | 8953 |
| 3 | 2007-12-04 | SRM 380 | 2 | 422 | 405.21 | -0.26 | -32 | 1517 | 6872 | -120 | 708 | 7575 |
| 2 | 2007-10-17 | SRM 372 | 2 | 440 | 563.64 | 0.36 | 100 | 1549 | 6084 | -61 | 828 | 5713 |
| 1 | 2007-10-09 | College Tour SRM 370 | 1 | 155 | 134.36 | -0.42 | -79 | 1449 | 6993 | -311 | 889 | 4959 |