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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nolofinwe | 3 | 1689 | 799 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| initial | 0.134 | 0.378 | 0.480 | 45.5 | -44 | 90 | 1248 | 1248 | 6036 |
| Odd | 0.173 | 0.396 | 0.520 | 85.6 | -51 | 196 | 1574 | 1574 | 6050 |
| EloSRM | 0.160 | 0.408 | 0.523 | 91.6 | -67 | 203 | 1689 | 1689 | 5978 |
| SRMFix | 0.115 | 0.409 | 0.515 | 75.6 | -98 | 125 | 1227 | 1224 | 6254 |
| SRM | -0.338 | 0.598 | 0.728 | 155.0 | -391 | 32 | 841 | 799 | 7116 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2008-03-26 | SRM 395 | 2 | 310 | 294.32 | -0.08 | 5 | 1689 | 5978 | -42 | 799 | 7116 |
| 2 | 2008-03-22 | SRM 394 | 2 | 340 | 613.51 | 0.85 | 203 | 1684 | 5981 | 32 | 841 | 6555 |
| 1 | 2008-02-26 | SRM 391 | 2 | 466 | 431.13 | -0.30 | -67 | 1480 | 7970 | -391 | 809 | 6765 |