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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LightShadow | 5 | 1807 | 861 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odd | 0.291 | 0.355 | 0.400 | 62.1 | -19 | 96 | 1693 | 1693 | 5276 |
| EloSRM | 0.285 | 0.361 | 0.404 | 65.4 | -34 | 97 | 1807 | 1807 | 5249 |
| initial | 0.289 | 0.393 | 0.444 | 47.4 | -32 | 95 | 1374 | 1374 | 4876 |
| SRMFix | 0.284 | 0.421 | 0.463 | 59.8 | -81 | 89 | 1337 | 1337 | 5570 |
| SRM | -0.053 | 0.559 | 0.704 | 91.4 | -337 | 41 | 863 | 861 | 7790 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2008-05-24 | SRM 402 | 2 | 309 | 377.07 | 0.29 | 42 | 1807 | 5249 | 18 | 861 | 7790 |
| 4 | 2008-05-01 | SRM 400 | 2 | 292 | 478.91 | 0.71 | 97 | 1765 | 5221 | 41 | 843 | 6414 |
| 3 | 2008-04-15 | SRM 398 | 2 | 384 | 479.93 | 0.32 | 68 | 1668 | 6048 | -3 | 802 | 6913 |
| 2 | 2008-04-03 | SRM 396 | 2 | 469 | 574.43 | 0.29 | 86 | 1600 | 6674 | -58 | 805 | 6857 |
| 1 | 2008-03-11 | SRM 393 | 2 | 647 | 567.95 | -0.19 | -34 | 1515 | 7650 | -337 | 863 | 6301 |