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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TheCure | 8 | 1782 | 1066 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| initial | 0.324 | 0.631 | 1.187 | 75.9 | -84 | 389 | 1550 | 1513 | 1365 |
| EloSRM | 0.459 | 0.696 | 1.192 | 79.2 | -66 | 298 | 1782 | 1782 | 1505 |
| Odd | 0.465 | 0.698 | 1.187 | 73.9 | -59 | 277 | 1725 | 1725 | 1493 |
| SRMFix | 0.456 | 0.713 | 1.208 | 74.1 | -96 | 288 | 1504 | 1485 | 1531 |
| SRM | 0.653 | 0.990 | 1.376 | 101.8 | -344 | 193 | 1066 | 1066 | 1825 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 2005-04-18 | SRM 239 | 2 | 60 | 70.48 | 0.23 | 24 | 1782 | 1505 | 31 | 1066 | 1825 |
| 7 | 2005-04-14 | SRM 238 | 2 | 117 | 79.19 | -0.56 | -19 | 1758 | 1557 | -9 | 1035 | 1922 |
| 6 | 2005-03-22 | SRM 235 | 2 | 63 | 79.97 | 0.34 | 37 | 1777 | 1471 | 50 | 1044 | 1867 |
| 5 | 2005-03-16 | SRM 234 | 2 | 66 | 89.41 | 0.44 | 51 | 1740 | 1568 | 66 | 994 | 2026 |
| 4 | 2005-02-23 | SRM 232 | 2 | 16 | 150.55 | 3.23 | 298 | 1689 | 1749 | 193 | 928 | 2326 |
| 3 | 2005-02-19 | SRM 231 | 2 | 211 | 198.41 | -0.09 | 2 | 1391 | 2823 | -68 | 735 | 3324 |
| 2 | 2005-02-08 | SRM 230 | 2 | 136 | 175.71 | 0.37 | 135 | 1389 | 2835 | -53 | 803 | 3001 |
| 1 | 2003-09-03 | SRM 162 | 2 | 134 | 129.99 | -0.30 | -66 | 1254 | 2555 | -344 | 856 | 2111 |