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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| dreamboy08 | 9 | 1914 | 824 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| initial | 0.373 | 0.782 | 0.990 | 94.2 | -56 | 260 | 1604 | 1604 | 3593 |
| Odd | 0.482 | 0.822 | 1.045 | 76.5 | -36 | 215 | 1805 | 1805 | 4800 |
| EloSRM | 0.488 | 0.832 | 1.056 | 80.4 | -45 | 221 | 1914 | 1914 | 4870 |
| SRMFix | 0.477 | 0.853 | 1.070 | 81.7 | -75 | 162 | 1445 | 1445 | 4831 |
| SRM | 0.389 | 1.062 | 1.221 | 141.6 | -323 | 149 | 877 | 824 | 9302 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 2008-12-20 | SRM 430 | 2 | 172 | 378.42 | 1.14 | 74 | 1914 | 4870 | 81 | 824 | 9302 |
| 8 | 2008-11-25 | SRM 427 | 2 | 171 | 363.92 | 1.09 | 82 | 1840 | 5489 | 85 | 743 | 10376 |
| 7 | 2008-11-12 | SRM 425 | 2 | 144 | 627.64 | 2.12 | 156 | 1758 | 6376 | 149 | 658 | 11170 |
| 6 | 2008-10-28 | SRM 423 | 2 | 475 | 372.91 | -0.45 | -37 | 1602 | 8209 | -85 | 509 | 12112 |
| 5 | 2008-10-18 | SRM 422 | 2 | 659 | 596.93 | -0.40 | -33 | 1639 | 7547 | -66 | 594 | 11782 |
| 4 | 2008-09-24 | SRM 419 | 2 | 151 | 453.90 | 1.59 | 221 | 1672 | 7289 | 134 | 660 | 11506 |
| 3 | 2008-09-11 | SRM 417 | 2 | 722 | 659.79 | -0.24 | -34 | 1451 | 11927 | -148 | 526 | 12467 |
| 2 | 2008-09-04 | SRM 416 | 2 | 554 | 511.04 | -0.24 | -42 | 1485 | 11199 | -203 | 674 | 11268 |
| 1 | 2008-08-26 | SRM 415 | 2 | 335 | 353.26 | -0.21 | -45 | 1527 | 9974 | -323 | 877 | 8732 |