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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GarySham | 9 | 2461 | 1360 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odd | 0.711 | 1.006 | 1.246 | 116.1 | -75 | 407 | 2305 | 2305 | 2002 |
| EloSRM | 0.696 | 1.013 | 1.248 | 122.0 | -83 | 414 | 2461 | 2461 | 2005 |
| initial | 0.780 | 1.055 | 1.292 | 127.0 | -106 | 312 | 2045 | 2045 | 2262 |
| SRMFix | 0.799 | 1.114 | 1.330 | 118.8 | -123 | 347 | 1853 | 1853 | 2286 |
| SRM | 0.801 | 1.289 | 1.430 | 127.3 | -308 | 172 | 1360 | 1360 | 2049 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 2010-08-14 | SRM 479 | 1 | 216 | 526.48 | 1.28 | 130 | 2461 | 2005 | 148 | 1360 | 2049 |
| 8 | 2010-07-28 | SRM 477 | 2 | 88 | 136.54 | 0.63 | 48 | 2331 | 2556 | 70 | 1212 | 3004 |
| 7 | 2010-06-19 | TCO10 Round 1 | 1 | 1233 | 1,066.46 | -0.21 | -21 | 2284 | 2768 | -76 | 1142 | 3510 |
| 6 | 2010-05-20 | SRM 470 | 2 | 78 | 189.80 | 1.28 | 92 | 2305 | 2542 | 79 | 1218 | 2939 |
| 5 | 2010-05-12 | TCO10 Qual 2 | 1 | 308 | 793.38 | 1.36 | 208 | 2213 | 3017 | 145 | 1139 | 3558 |
| 4 | 2010-03-02 | SRM 463 | 2 | 253 | 349.47 | 0.47 | 74 | 2004 | 4338 | 39 | 994 | 4857 |
| 3 | 2009-11-25 | SRM 453.5 | 2 | 532 | 256.67 | -1.05 | -83 | 1930 | 4791 | -109 | 955 | 5306 |
| 2 | 2009-09-23 | SRM 449 | 2 | 123 | 775.94 | 2.66 | 414 | 2013 | 4130 | 172 | 1064 | 4244 |
| 1 | 2009-09-10 | SRM 448 | 2 | 773 | 687.41 | -0.17 | -26 | 1599 | 7715 | -308 | 892 | 6321 |