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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| window | 5 | 2457 | 1351 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRM | 1.104 | 1.537 | 2.528 | 159.8 | -240 | 312 | 1450 | 1351 | 2373 |
| SRMFix | 1.447 | 1.658 | 2.779 | 182.4 | -61 | 611 | 1990 | 1990 | 1601 |
| EloSRM | 1.528 | 1.708 | 2.766 | 200.7 | -59 | 499 | 2457 | 2457 | 1628 |
| Odd | 1.546 | 1.721 | 2.780 | 198.5 | -55 | 487 | 2317 | 2317 | 1655 |
| initial | 1.615 | 1.741 | 2.880 | 209.7 | -38 | 758 | 2173 | 2173 | 1783 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2008-11-25 | SRM 427 | 1 | 177 | 362.08 | 1.03 | 141 | 2457 | 1628 | 141 | 1351 | 2373 |
| 4 | 2008-10-28 | SRM 423 | 1 | 407 | 307.28 | -0.45 | -59 | 2316 | 2137 | -240 | 1210 | 3500 |
| 3 | 2008-09-04 | SRM 416 | 1 | 339 | 439.95 | 0.38 | 82 | 2375 | 1851 | 22 | 1450 | 1765 |
| 2 | 2008-08-26 | SRM 415 | 2 | 4 | 262.53 | 6.04 | 499 | 2293 | 2193 | 312 | 1428 | 1890 |
| 1 | 2008-08-16 | SRM 414 | 2 | 363 | 567.55 | 0.64 | 223 | 1794 | 5914 | -84 | 1116 | 4859 |