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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| nikk1988 | 8 | 1779 | 731 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odd | 0.161 | 0.418 | 0.548 | 58.7 | -39 | 140 | 1672 | 1672 | 5939 |
| EloSRM | 0.170 | 0.432 | 0.560 | 62.5 | -54 | 142 | 1779 | 1779 | 6042 |
| initial | 0.150 | 0.452 | 0.569 | 54.4 | -49 | 157 | 1345 | 1345 | 5519 |
| SRMFix | 0.179 | 0.473 | 0.586 | 53.7 | -84 | 106 | 1266 | 1266 | 6705 |
| SRM | 0.010 | 0.633 | 0.728 | 108.4 | -350 | 103 | 850 | 731 | 10803 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 2008-09-20 | SRM 418 | 2 | 367 | 406.56 | 0.15 | 27 | 1779 | 6042 | 25 | 731 | 10803 |
| 7 | 2008-07-31 | SRM 412 | 2 | 233 | 557.36 | 1.26 | 142 | 1751 | 6301 | 103 | 706 | 10974 |
| 6 | 2008-06-05 | SRM 404 | 2 | 443 | 577.90 | 0.38 | 65 | 1609 | 7372 | 38 | 603 | 11188 |
| 5 | 2008-02-02 | SRM 390 | 2 | 605 | 520.29 | -0.38 | -34 | 1544 | 7018 | -78 | 565 | 8956 |
| 4 | 2008-01-15 | SRM 388 | 2 | 566 | 465.41 | -0.41 | -41 | 1578 | 6625 | -113 | 643 | 8356 |
| 3 | 2008-01-09 | SRM 387 | 2 | 237 | 363.33 | 0.62 | 124 | 1619 | 6229 | 33 | 756 | 7368 |
| 2 | 2007-12-19 | SRM 384 | 2 | 360 | 357.47 | -0.01 | 13 | 1495 | 7492 | -127 | 723 | 7673 |
| 1 | 2007-12-04 | SRM 380 | 2 | 422 | 410.19 | -0.25 | -54 | 1482 | 7374 | -350 | 850 | 6087 |