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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TopcoderTY | 7 | 1794 | 544 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRM | -0.489 | 0.617 | 0.773 | 99.7 | -231 | 14 | 1214 | 544 | 12229 |
| initial | -0.064 | 0.791 | 0.862 | 95.2 | -125 | 139 | 1506 | 1146 | 11178 |
| SRMFix | -0.263 | 0.818 | 0.900 | 103.7 | -142 | 233 | 1557 | 1188 | 7969 |
| EloSRM | -0.464 | 0.969 | 1.090 | 107.3 | -82 | 360 | 2053 | 1794 | 5843 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 2008-07-31 | SRM 412 | 2 | 809 | 358.93 | -1.17 | -58 | 1794 | 5843 | -187 | 544 | 12229 |
| 6 | 2008-07-23 | SRM 411 | 2 | 410 | 295.15 | -0.77 | -40 | 1852 | 5166 | -78 | 731 | 10653 |
| 5 | 2008-07-19 | SRM 410 | 2 | 913 | 311.87 | -1.58 | -82 | 1891 | 4795 | -231 | 809 | 9513 |
| 4 | 2008-07-10 | SRM 409 | 2 | 650 | 233.17 | -1.50 | -80 | 1973 | 4039 | -138 | 1040 | 6310 |
| 3 | 2008-06-26 | SRM 407 | 2 | 178 | 229.71 | 0.37 | 57 | 2053 | 3357 | 7 | 1178 | 3840 |
| 2 | 2008-06-17 | SRM 406 | 1 | 336 | 385.15 | 0.20 | 73 | 1996 | 3742 | -43 | 1171 | 3901 |
| 1 | 2008-06-14 | SRM 405 | 2 | 287 | 660.99 | 1.20 | 360 | 1923 | 4354 | 14 | 1214 | 3550 |