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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiandy | 3 | 1706 | 728 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odd | 0.329 | 0.609 | 0.831 | 82.2 | -38 | 201 | 1591 | 1583 | 6903 |
| EloSRM | 0.318 | 0.645 | 0.858 | 97.0 | -52 | 219 | 1726 | 1706 | 6798 |
| initial | 0.251 | 0.675 | 0.842 | 81.2 | -38 | 167 | 1329 | 1291 | 6268 |
| SRMFix | 0.242 | 0.768 | 0.933 | 121.9 | -83 | 223 | 1340 | 1281 | 6523 |
| SRM | 0.144 | 0.929 | 1.113 | 157.3 | -350 | -36 | 850 | 728 | 10792 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2008-07-31 | SRM 412 | 2 | 547 | 461.94 | -0.24 | -20 | 1706 | 6798 | -36 | 728 | 10792 |
| 2 | 2008-05-25 | College Tour Guangdong | 1 | 175 | 476.38 | 1.44 | 219 | 1726 | 6201 | -86 | 764 | 9623 |
| 1 | 2008-05-24 | SRM 402 | 2 | 519 | 524.18 | -0.25 | -52 | 1507 | 9022 | -350 | 850 | 7920 |