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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matrixlc | 6 | 1822 | 835 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EloSRM | 0.092 | 0.395 | 0.467 | 72.6 | -76 | 117 | 1822 | 1822 | 5683 |
| Odd | 0.108 | 0.397 | 0.461 | 70.0 | -68 | 132 | 1697 | 1697 | 5770 |
| SRMFix | 0.135 | 0.436 | 0.508 | 55.0 | -101 | 84 | 1362 | 1329 | 5961 |
| initial | 0.202 | 0.457 | 0.502 | 55.0 | -92 | 82 | 1346 | 1346 | 5547 |
| SRM | -0.043 | 0.579 | 0.679 | 70.8 | -217 | 22 | 1192 | 835 | 9071 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 2008-12-10 | TC China 08 - 1D | 1 | 113 | 137.59 | 0.28 | 52 | 1822 | 5683 | 22 | 835 | 9071 |
| 5 | 2008-07-19 | SRM 410 | 2 | 462 | 527.31 | 0.19 | 35 | 1769 | 6087 | 8 | 813 | 9452 |
| 4 | 2008-06-14 | SRM 405 | 2 | 819 | 457.54 | -0.91 | -76 | 1734 | 6249 | -217 | 805 | 9361 |
| 3 | 2008-06-08 | College Tour West China | 1 | 235 | 315.91 | 0.43 | 80 | 1810 | 5407 | -59 | 1022 | 6614 |
| 2 | 2008-06-05 | SRM 404 | 2 | 401 | 527.24 | 0.40 | 117 | 1730 | 6221 | -111 | 1081 | 5693 |
| 1 | 2007-12-19 | College Tour SRM 384 | 1 | 23 | 34.16 | 0.16 | 76 | 1613 | 6174 | -8 | 1192 | 3147 |