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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| silky | 21 | 1840 | 880 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EloSRM | 0.171 | 0.466 | 0.813 | 32.8 | -54 | 119 | 1866 | 1840 | 5377 |
| Odd | 0.164 | 0.468 | 0.811 | 34.2 | -52 | 118 | 1754 | 1728 | 5355 |
| SRMFix | 0.195 | 0.480 | 0.840 | 32.0 | -71 | 143 | 1443 | 1401 | 5209 |
| SRM | 0.220 | 0.560 | 0.913 | 64.8 | -203 | 147 | 997 | 880 | 8672 |
| initial | 0.108 | 0.560 | 0.898 | 67.5 | -200 | 336 | 1672 | 1472 | 4295 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 2008-09-11 | SRM 417 | 2 | 582 | 356.20 | -0.71 | -25 | 1840 | 5377 | -61 | 880 | 8672 |
| 20 | 2008-03-11 | SRM 393 | 2 | 86 | 362.57 | 2.08 | 60 | 1866 | 4470 | 99 | 941 | 5529 |
| 19 | 2008-03-06 | SRM 392 | 2 | 386 | 362.78 | -0.09 | 2 | 1806 | 4880 | -4 | 842 | 6544 |
| 18 | 2008-02-16 | TCO08 Round 1 | 1 | 865 | 1,210.20 | 0.10 | 10 | 1804 | 4810 | 78 | 846 | 6379 |
| 17 | 2008-02-13 | TCO08 Qual 3 | 1 | 500 | 726.88 | 0.54 | 35 | 1794 | 4911 | 76 | 768 | 7319 |
| 16 | 2008-02-09 | TCO08 Qual 2 | 1 | 1153 | 1,027.74 | -0.28 | -15 | 1759 | 5165 | -68 | 692 | 8050 |
| 15 | 2008-02-05 | TCO08 Qual 1 | 1 | 792 | 732.44 | -0.28 | -18 | 1774 | 5023 | -53 | 760 | 7430 |
| 14 | 2008-02-02 | SRM 390 | 2 | 376 | 364.64 | -0.04 | 5 | 1792 | 4855 | 9 | 813 | 6724 |
| 13 | 2008-01-24 | SRM 389 | 2 | 60 | 393.49 | 2.71 | 119 | 1787 | 4841 | 147 | 804 | 6819 |
| 12 | 2008-01-15 | SRM 388 | 2 | 421 | 430.48 | 0.03 | 10 | 1668 | 5817 | 15 | 657 | 8242 |
| 11 | 2008-01-05 | SRM 386 | 2 | 466 | 425.54 | -0.13 | -2 | 1658 | 5833 | 2 | 642 | 8337 |
| 10 | 2007-12-27 | SRM 385 | 2 | 371 | 423.20 | 0.19 | 25 | 1660 | 5802 | 35 | 640 | 8391 |
| 9 | 2007-12-19 | SRM 384 | 2 | 318 | 293.96 | -0.11 | -2 | 1635 | 5992 | -6 | 605 | 8594 |
| 8 | 2007-12-08 | SRM 381 | 2 | 482 | 475.57 | -0.36 | -25 | 1637 | 5892 | -31 | 611 | 8462 |
| 7 | 2007-12-04 | SRM 380 | 2 | 314 | 370.78 | 0.24 | 47 | 1662 | 5587 | 15 | 642 | 8092 |
| 6 | 2007-04-18 | SRM 345 | 2 | 632 | 355.00 | -0.84 | -54 | 1616 | 4766 | -198 | 627 | 6789 |
| 5 | 2007-03-31 | TCO07 Qual 2 | 1 | 748 | 925.95 | 0.31 | 50 | 1670 | 4397 | 44 | 825 | 5328 |
| 4 | 2007-03-29 | TCO07 Qual 1 | 1 | 900 | 826.66 | -0.23 | -31 | 1620 | 4672 | -129 | 781 | 5736 |
| 3 | 2007-03-28 | SRM 344 | 2 | 343 | 424.80 | 0.29 | 57 | 1652 | 4410 | -9 | 910 | 4604 |
| 2 | 2007-03-22 | SRM 343 | 2 | 318 | 350.58 | 0.14 | 49 | 1594 | 4740 | -78 | 919 | 4478 |
| 1 | 2007-03-10 | SRM 341 | 2 | 451 | 469.74 | 0.06 | 48 | 1546 | 5021 | -203 | 997 | 3840 |