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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MarkByers | 6 | 2349 | 1369 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EloSRM | 1.235 | 1.276 | 1.774 | 139.9 | -16 | 206 | 2349 | 2349 | 1770 |
| SRMFix | 1.307 | 1.332 | 1.952 | 126.7 | -8 | 285 | 1943 | 1943 | 1608 |
| SRM | 1.038 | 1.413 | 2.128 | 130.8 | -177 | 178 | 1369 | 1369 | 1913 |
| initial | 1.406 | 1.414 | 2.064 | 170.3 | -3 | 548 | 2216 | 2216 | 1352 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 2008-04-12 | SRM 397 | 2 | 8 | 114.70 | 3.84 | 146 | 2349 | 1770 | 178 | 1369 | 1913 |
| 5 | 2008-02-23 | TCO08 Round 2 | 1 | 769 | 723.44 | -0.12 | -16 | 2204 | 2349 | -131 | 1191 | 3144 |
| 4 | 2008-02-16 | TCO08 Round 1 | 1 | 561 | 1,238.02 | 1.14 | 181 | 2220 | 2274 | 164 | 1322 | 2183 |
| 3 | 2008-02-13 | TCO08 Qual 3 | 1 | 261 | 668.04 | 1.36 | 206 | 2039 | 3200 | 115 | 1158 | 3444 |
| 2 | 2008-02-02 | SRM 390 | 2 | 245 | 472.08 | 0.95 | 182 | 1832 | 4567 | 20 | 1043 | 4499 |
| 1 | 2008-01-24 | SRM 389 | 2 | 400 | 474.83 | 0.25 | 108 | 1651 | 6004 | -177 | 1023 | 4620 |