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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| lordhorror | 5 | 1531 | 381 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odd | 0.040 | 0.383 | 0.409 | 74.4 | -72 | 109 | 1422 | 1422 | 9789 |
| EloSRM | 0.051 | 0.388 | 0.418 | 82.4 | -83 | 115 | 1531 | 1531 | 9811 |
| initial | -0.080 | 0.427 | 0.436 | 51.4 | -58 | 67 | 1152 | 1152 | 11001 |
| SRMFix | -0.042 | 0.434 | 0.448 | 65.7 | -114 | 63 | 1086 | 1084 | 11450 |
| SRM | -0.278 | 0.696 | 0.776 | 219.4 | -419 | 84 | 781 | 381 | 12863 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2008-07-19 | SRM 410 | 2 | 508 | 801.71 | 0.66 | 115 | 1531 | 9811 | 84 | 381 | 12863 |
| 4 | 2008-05-28 | SRM 403 | 2 | 343 | 464.69 | 0.44 | 98 | 1416 | 11769 | 55 | 297 | 12236 |
| 3 | 2008-05-24 | SRM 402 | 2 | 729 | 643.92 | -0.20 | -40 | 1317 | 11622 | -172 | 242 | 11653 |
| 2 | 2008-04-23 | SRM 399 | 2 | 542 | 440.19 | -0.30 | -75 | 1358 | 9637 | -367 | 414 | 9537 |
| 1 | 2007-07-21 | SRM 359 | 2 | 532 | 456.55 | -0.34 | -83 | 1433 | 6706 | -419 | 781 | 5841 |