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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| mlnk | 9 | 2156 | 1230 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| initial | 0.872 | 0.988 | 1.363 | 119.0 | -63 | 347 | 2145 | 2145 | 1697 |
| SRMFix | 0.960 | 1.129 | 1.575 | 92.4 | -67 | 200 | 1843 | 1843 | 2144 |
| Odd | 0.955 | 1.183 | 1.638 | 82.3 | -47 | 213 | 2051 | 2051 | 2729 |
| EloSRM | 0.966 | 1.192 | 1.653 | 81.6 | -50 | 205 | 2156 | 2156 | 2802 |
| SRM | 0.900 | 1.362 | 1.881 | 92.9 | -138 | 142 | 1230 | 1230 | 3410 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 2008-07-01 | SRM 408 | 2 | 16 | 165.51 | 3.37 | 106 | 2156 | 2802 | 139 | 1230 | 3410 |
| 8 | 2008-06-26 | SRM 407 | 2 | 65 | 258.32 | 1.99 | 93 | 2050 | 3375 | 99 | 1091 | 5667 |
| 7 | 2008-06-14 | SRM 405 | 2 | 63 | 436.41 | 2.79 | 146 | 1956 | 4042 | 142 | 992 | 7351 |
| 6 | 2008-06-05 | SRM 404 | 2 | 250 | 428.64 | 0.78 | 73 | 1810 | 5368 | 53 | 850 | 8467 |
| 5 | 2008-05-28 | SRM 403 | 2 | 325 | 280.03 | -0.22 | -9 | 1737 | 6115 | -30 | 797 | 9110 |
| 4 | 2008-05-24 | SRM 402 | 2 | 519 | 397.89 | -0.64 | -50 | 1746 | 5900 | -138 | 827 | 8249 |
| 3 | 2008-05-01 | SRM 400 | 2 | 359 | 412.53 | 0.20 | 46 | 1797 | 4962 | -31 | 965 | 5155 |
| 2 | 2008-04-23 | SRM 399 | 2 | 305 | 273.13 | -0.16 | -5 | 1751 | 5331 | -101 | 996 | 4908 |
| 1 | 2008-03-22 | SRM 394 | 2 | 380 | 566.57 | 0.58 | 205 | 1756 | 5329 | -103 | 1097 | 4055 |