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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afimrishi | 8 | 1894 | 1215 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRM | 0.067 | 0.391 | 0.438 | 65.9 | -125 | 100 | 1341 | 1215 | 1047 |
| SRMFix | 0.308 | 0.437 | 0.580 | 65.8 | -41 | 254 | 1629 | 1615 | 1029 |
| Odd | 0.252 | 0.454 | 0.615 | 88.6 | -49 | 334 | 1841 | 1817 | 910 |
| EloSRM | 0.257 | 0.459 | 0.619 | 93.6 | -51 | 329 | 1915 | 1894 | 877 |
| initial | 0.418 | 0.470 | 0.624 | 56.6 | -15 | 149 | 1617 | 1602 | 1020 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 2003-10-21 | SRM 168 | 1 | 156 | 150.56 | -0.23 | -21 | 1894 | 877 | -61 | 1215 | 1047 |
| 7 | 2003-10-15 | TCO '03 Round 1 | 1 | 268 | 364.83 | 0.44 | 75 | 1915 | 831 | 62 | 1276 | 848 |
| 6 | 2003-10-09 | TCO '03 Qual. Round 2 | 1 | 187 | 187.90 | 0.01 | 18 | 1840 | 999 | 21 | 1214 | 1066 |
| 5 | 2003-02-26 | TCCC '03 Round 2 | 1 | 135 | 190.10 | -0.04 | 3 | 1821 | 955 | -23 | 1193 | 1033 |
| 4 | 2003-02-20 | TCCC '03 W/MW Regional | 1 | 111 | 76.98 | -0.53 | -51 | 1819 | 959 | -125 | 1216 | 987 |
| 3 | 2003-02-08 | SRM 134 | 1 | 67 | 125.42 | 0.88 | 174 | 1870 | 842 | 100 | 1341 | 664 |
| 2 | 2003-02-01 | SRM 132 | 1 | 89 | 103.94 | 0.22 | 77 | 1696 | 1258 | -47 | 1241 | 915 |
| 1 | 2003-01-30 | SRM 131 | 2 | 68 | 168.10 | 1.31 | 329 | 1619 | 1498 | 88 | 1288 | 772 |