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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| drsammyb | 25 | 2086 | 1182 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EloSRM | 0.166 | 0.766 | 1.152 | 63.5 | -108 | 665 | 2086 | 2086 | 3511 |
| Odd | 0.167 | 0.766 | 1.149 | 60.0 | -102 | 635 | 1988 | 1973 | 3452 |
| initial | 0.199 | 0.802 | 1.221 | 96.6 | -158 | 395 | 2141 | 1800 | 2784 |
| SRMFix | 0.188 | 0.821 | 1.214 | 75.4 | -249 | 565 | 1880 | 1772 | 2569 |
| SRM | 0.546 | 0.869 | 1.248 | 87.8 | -409 | 263 | 1463 | 1182 | 3650 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 2009-03-04 | TCO09 Qual 3 | 1 | 483 | 543.26 | 0.17 | 25 | 2086 | 3511 | 0 | 1182 | 3650 |
| 24 | 2009-02-12 | SRM 435 | 1 | 449 | 473.67 | 0.08 | 21 | 2061 | 3641 | -49 | 1182 | 3673 |
| 23 | 2005-06-21 | SRM 248 | 2 | 37 | 36.79 | -0.01 | 13 | 2040 | 941 | 47 | 1231 | 1255 |
| 22 | 2005-06-18 | SRM 247 | 1 | 167 | 166.40 | -0.24 | -24 | 2027 | 953 | -33 | 1184 | 1425 |
| 21 | 2003-10-21 | SRM 168 | 1 | 156 | 132.22 | -0.42 | -17 | 2051 | 583 | -61 | 1217 | 1035 |
| 20 | 2003-10-15 | TCO '03 Round 1 | 1 | 343 | 278.05 | -0.30 | -11 | 2067 | 557 | -22 | 1278 | 838 |
| 19 | 2003-10-14 | SRM 167 | 1 | 120 | 147.22 | 0.30 | 23 | 2079 | 536 | 55 | 1300 | 781 |
| 18 | 2003-10-07 | TCO '03 Qual. Round 1 | 1 | 84 | 198.86 | 1.24 | 62 | 2056 | 552 | 111 | 1245 | 917 |
| 17 | 2003-10-01 | SRM 166 | 1 | 196 | 142.87 | -0.47 | -30 | 1993 | 642 | -175 | 1134 | 1226 |
| 16 | 2003-09-23 | SRM 165 | 1 | 97 | 110.51 | 0.19 | 23 | 2023 | 590 | 36 | 1309 | 706 |
| 15 | 2003-09-08 | SRM 163 | 1 | 126 | 110.58 | -0.19 | -11 | 2000 | 617 | -47 | 1273 | 779 |
| 14 | 2003-09-03 | SRM 162 | 1 | 92 | 105.14 | 0.19 | 31 | 2012 | 586 | 15 | 1320 | 654 |
| 13 | 2003-05-06 | SRM 145 | 1 | 112 | 80.39 | -0.48 | -33 | 1981 | 630 | -97 | 1305 | 712 |
| 12 | 2002-10-21 | SRM 117 | 1 | 86 | 87.20 | 0.02 | 7 | 2014 | 464 | -5 | 1402 | 462 |
| 11 | 2002-10-15 | SRM 116 | 1 | 26 | 105.61 | 2.02 | 119 | 2007 | 470 | 190 | 1407 | 452 |
| 10 | 2002-09-30 | SRM 115 | 1 | 103 | 94.95 | -0.27 | -14 | 1888 | 664 | -64 | 1217 | 858 |
| 9 | 2002-09-10 | SRM 113 | 2 | 10 | 40.18 | 2.01 | 67 | 1902 | 632 | 100 | 1281 | 708 |
| 8 | 2002-09-09 | SRM 112 | 2 | 59 | 33.26 | -0.83 | -21 | 1835 | 760 | 2 | 1181 | 948 |
| 7 | 2002-09-04 | SRM 111 | 2 | 73 | 27.26 | -1.42 | -40 | 1856 | 718 | -22 | 1179 | 943 |
| 6 | 2002-08-27 | SRM 110 | 2 | 25 | 28.46 | 0.19 | 24 | 1896 | 618 | 66 | 1201 | 874 |
| 5 | 2002-08-21 | SRM 109 | 2 | 31 | 25.62 | -0.28 | 0 | 1873 | 655 | 55 | 1135 | 1031 |
| 4 | 2002-08-12 | SRM 108 | 2 | 11 | 41.02 | 1.90 | 125 | 1873 | 646 | 149 | 1080 | 1171 |
| 3 | 2002-08-07 | SRM 107 | 2 | 129 | 28.88 | -2.16 | -108 | 1748 | 896 | -123 | 931 | 1799 |
| 2 | 2002-08-01 | SRM 106 | 1 | 106 | 78.32 | -0.44 | -73 | 1856 | 677 | -409 | 1054 | 1240 |
| 1 | 2002-07-24 | SRM 105 | 2 | 14 | 142.25 | 3.34 | 665 | 1928 | 540 | 263 | 1463 | 352 |