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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| philr | 24 | 2404 | 1468 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EloSRM | 0.382 | 0.718 | 1.023 | 65.3 | -49 | 501 | 2404 | 2404 | 1783 |
| SRMFix | 0.257 | 0.742 | 1.010 | 67.0 | -55 | 418 | 2202 | 2069 | 1245 |
| initial | 0.368 | 0.781 | 1.138 | 94.0 | -126 | 427 | 2516 | 2264 | 1455 |
| SRM | 0.395 | 0.793 | 1.102 | 83.0 | -263 | 195 | 1773 | 1468 | 1644 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 2008-10-18 | SRM 422 | 1 | 484 | 459.60 | -0.08 | 0 | 2404 | 1783 | -38 | 1468 | 1644 |
| 23 | 2008-10-08 | SRM 421 | 1 | 376 | 421.31 | 0.16 | 19 | 2404 | 1780 | -8 | 1506 | 1508 |
| 22 | 2008-10-02 | SRM 420 | 1 | 337 | 425.00 | 0.34 | 37 | 2384 | 1835 | 4 | 1514 | 1471 |
| 21 | 2008-09-24 | SRM 419 | 1 | 314 | 311.18 | -0.01 | 6 | 2347 | 1975 | -58 | 1510 | 1493 |
| 20 | 2008-09-20 | SRM 418 | 1 | 535 | 429.81 | -0.41 | -49 | 2341 | 1975 | -183 | 1568 | 1232 |
| 19 | 2003-12-30 | SRM 177 | 1 | 48 | 46.77 | -0.21 | -3 | 2390 | 184 | 0 | 1751 | 216 |
| 18 | 2003-12-17 | SRM 175 | 1 | 47 | 57.70 | 0.30 | 23 | 2393 | 178 | 40 | 1751 | 211 |
| 17 | 2003-11-25 | SRM 173 | 1 | 55 | 78.40 | 0.51 | 36 | 2370 | 194 | 59 | 1711 | 238 |
| 16 | 2003-11-12 | SRM 171 | 1 | 142 | 100.51 | -0.82 | -35 | 2334 | 228 | -121 | 1652 | 277 |
| 15 | 2003-07-17 | SRM 155 | 1 | 16 | 50.80 | 1.67 | 69 | 2369 | 157 | 106 | 1773 | 181 |
| 14 | 2003-07-01 | SRM 153 | 1 | 75 | 45.22 | -0.73 | -24 | 2300 | 214 | -53 | 1667 | 234 |
| 13 | 2003-05-06 | SRM 145 | 1 | 28 | 50.29 | 0.84 | 45 | 2324 | 186 | 80 | 1720 | 204 |
| 12 | 2003-04-30 | SRM 144 | 1 | 70 | 49.86 | -0.49 | -19 | 2279 | 224 | -50 | 1640 | 260 |
| 11 | 2003-04-10 | SRM 141 | 1 | 38 | 56.18 | 0.56 | 38 | 2299 | 206 | 58 | 1690 | 221 |
| 10 | 2003-03-26 | SRM 140 | 1 | 44 | 64.12 | 0.54 | 40 | 2260 | 239 | 62 | 1632 | 257 |
| 9 | 2003-03-10 | SRM 138 | 1 | 93 | 70.14 | -0.41 | -19 | 2220 | 263 | -44 | 1570 | 314 |
| 8 | 2003-02-11 | SRM 135 | 1 | 99 | 63.37 | -0.64 | -27 | 2239 | 232 | -44 | 1614 | 272 |
| 7 | 2003-02-05 | SRM 133 | 1 | 44 | 59.12 | 0.43 | 41 | 2266 | 203 | 58 | 1658 | 241 |
| 6 | 2003-01-30 | SRM 131 | 1 | 51 | 63.64 | 0.32 | 39 | 2225 | 232 | 54 | 1600 | 280 |
| 5 | 2003-01-06 | SRM 128 | 1 | 47 | 56.78 | 0.27 | 38 | 2186 | 286 | 51 | 1546 | 322 |
| 4 | 2003-01-02 | SRM 127 | 1 | 15 | 63.63 | 2.08 | 213 | 2148 | 329 | 195 | 1495 | 372 |
| 3 | 2002-12-23 | SRM 126 | 2 | 5 | 37.28 | 2.90 | 197 | 1934 | 649 | 168 | 1300 | 701 |
| 2 | 2002-12-12 | SRM 124 | 1 | 93 | 84.69 | -0.23 | -47 | 1737 | 1077 | -263 | 1132 | 1167 |
| 1 | 2002-12-10 | SRM 123 | 2 | 32 | 154.15 | 2.27 | 501 | 1784 | 935 | 195 | 1395 | 490 |