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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mishkin | 8 | 1522 | 874 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| initial | 0.318 | 0.619 | 0.748 | 74.5 | -61 | 155 | 1507 | 1507 | 639 |
| EloSRM | 0.368 | 0.620 | 0.749 | 66.2 | -59 | 148 | 1522 | 1522 | 959 |
| Odd | 0.388 | 0.623 | 0.761 | 60.3 | -50 | 148 | 1488 | 1488 | 988 |
| SRMFix | 0.377 | 0.659 | 0.791 | 72.9 | -117 | 131 | 1388 | 1388 | 868 |
| SRM | 0.304 | 0.815 | 0.959 | 122.5 | -362 | 110 | 874 | 874 | 1568 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 2002-04-03 | SRM 77 | 2 | 73 | 186.16 | 1.35 | 79 | 1522 | 959 | 95 | 874 | 1568 |
| 7 | 2002-04-01 | SRM 76 | 2 | 158 | 205.00 | 0.38 | 37 | 1443 | 1106 | 41 | 779 | 1900 |
| 6 | 2002-03-26 | SRM 75 | 2 | 113 | 207.57 | 0.88 | 81 | 1406 | 1147 | 81 | 738 | 1988 |
| 5 | 2002-03-21 | SRM 73 | 2 | 240 | 203.18 | -0.24 | -12 | 1325 | 1284 | -30 | 657 | 2117 |
| 4 | 2002-03-20 | SRM 72 | 2 | 109 | 243.68 | 1.16 | 148 | 1337 | 1214 | 110 | 687 | 2014 |
| 3 | 2002-02-28 | SRM 69 | 2 | 262 | 198.24 | -0.47 | -54 | 1188 | 1691 | -194 | 577 | 2002 |
| 2 | 2002-02-27 | SRM 68 | 2 | 241 | 274.19 | 0.19 | 59 | 1243 | 1349 | -67 | 771 | 1661 |
| 1 | 2002-02-20 | SRM 67 | 2 | 299 | 242.64 | -0.30 | -59 | 1183 | 1638 | -362 | 838 | 1412 |