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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| fountainhead | 6 | 1766 | 663 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| initial | 0.049 | 0.730 | 0.891 | 87.9 | -154 | 179 | 1452 | 1235 | 6113 |
| SRMFix | -0.050 | 0.748 | 0.887 | 94.7 | -122 | 154 | 1415 | 1239 | 5982 |
| SRM | -0.379 | 0.773 | 0.864 | 114.2 | -235 | 74 | 1151 | 663 | 8272 |
| Odd | -0.104 | 0.822 | 0.923 | 97.0 | -73 | 274 | 1768 | 1654 | 5250 |
| EloSRM | -0.111 | 0.823 | 0.925 | 99.2 | -76 | 266 | 1885 | 1766 | 5213 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 2008-05-01 | SRM 400 | 2 | 591 | 404.11 | -0.73 | -43 | 1766 | 5213 | -94 | 663 | 8272 |
| 5 | 2008-04-23 | SRM 399 | 2 | 521 | 207.69 | -1.35 | -76 | 1809 | 4863 | -235 | 757 | 7408 |
| 4 | 2008-04-12 | SRM 397 | 2 | 170 | 421.04 | 1.31 | 140 | 1885 | 4323 | 74 | 992 | 4947 |
| 3 | 2008-04-03 | SRM 396 | 2 | 441 | 404.84 | -0.12 | -1 | 1745 | 5392 | -64 | 918 | 5659 |
| 2 | 2008-03-22 | SRM 394 | 2 | 547 | 361.91 | -0.60 | -69 | 1746 | 5418 | -169 | 982 | 5103 |
| 1 | 2008-03-11 | SRM 393 | 2 | 320 | 567.95 | 0.83 | 266 | 1815 | 4845 | -49 | 1151 | 3516 |