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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BackTracker | 5 | 1823 | 694 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| initial | -0.054 | 0.389 | 0.414 | 46.8 | -57 | 71 | 1271 | 1167 | 10288 |
| SRMFix | -0.141 | 0.434 | 0.448 | 68.0 | -77 | 120 | 1320 | 1151 | 9771 |
| EloSRM | -0.180 | 0.494 | 0.529 | 82.5 | -64 | 213 | 1960 | 1823 | 8974 |
| Odd | -0.175 | 0.496 | 0.541 | 82.4 | -58 | 235 | 1781 | 1659 | 8967 |
| SRM | -0.568 | 0.568 | 0.657 | 101.2 | -168 | -18 | 1131 | 694 | 10827 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2012-05-19 | SRM 543 | 2 | 877 | 686.04 | -0.53 | -45 | 1823 | 8974 | -99 | 694 | 10827 |
| 4 | 2012-04-11 | SRM 540 | 2 | 650 | 709.83 | 0.13 | 32 | 1869 | 8574 | -18 | 793 | 9469 |
| 3 | 2012-03-17 | SRM 537 | 2 | 1023 | 772.50 | -0.60 | -64 | 1837 | 8760 | -168 | 811 | 8932 |
| 2 | 2012-02-18 | SRM 533 | 2 | 907 | 615.78 | -0.56 | -59 | 1901 | 7671 | -152 | 979 | 6489 |
| 1 | 2012-02-09 | SRM 532 | 2 | 524 | 826.16 | 0.66 | 213 | 1960 | 7009 | -69 | 1131 | 4753 |