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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| hampton2600 | 3 | 1450 | 896 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRMFix | 0.039 | 0.376 | 0.408 | 61.3 | -83 | 63 | 1238 | 1218 | 1988 |
| initial | 0.078 | 0.377 | 0.398 | 45.4 | -54 | 58 | 1228 | 1228 | 1988 |
| Odd | 0.067 | 0.412 | 0.420 | 86.8 | -54 | 125 | 1420 | 1420 | 1882 |
| EloSRM | 0.074 | 0.417 | 0.425 | 90.8 | -64 | 119 | 1450 | 1450 | 1887 |
| SRM | -0.432 | 0.534 | 0.613 | 106.7 | -202 | 8 | 1090 | 896 | 1921 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2003-08-12 | SRM 159 | 2 | 90 | 121.11 | 0.43 | 89 | 1450 | 1887 | 8 | 896 | 1921 |
| 2 | 2003-06-17 | SRM 151 | 2 | 147 | 124.61 | -0.51 | -64 | 1361 | 2249 | -202 | 888 | 2011 |
| 1 | 2003-05-28 | SRM 148 | 2 | 113 | 139.91 | 0.31 | 119 | 1426 | 2099 | -110 | 1090 | 1346 |