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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smurf | 2 | 1842 | 1298 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRM | 0.246 | 0.246 | 0.264 | 49.0 | 42 | 56 | 1298 | 1298 | 879 |
| SRMFix | 0.772 | 0.772 | 0.822 | 155.8 | 81 | 231 | 1511 | 1511 | 1316 |
| initial | 0.810 | 0.810 | 0.856 | 97.5 | 64 | 131 | 1395 | 1395 | 1561 |
| Odd | 0.834 | 0.834 | 0.910 | 253.7 | 166 | 341 | 1782 | 1782 | 1068 |
| EloSRM | 0.840 | 0.840 | 0.910 | 261.6 | 185 | 338 | 1842 | 1842 | 1066 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2004-02-07 | SRM 182 | 1 | 120 | 168.56 | 0.49 | 185 | 1842 | 1066 | 42 | 1298 | 879 |
| 1 | 2003-08-23 | SRM 160 | 2 | 45 | 102.67 | 1.19 | 338 | 1656 | 1320 | 56 | 1256 | 810 |