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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| bitsnbytes | 9 | 1788 | 1094 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odd | 0.631 | 0.871 | 1.382 | 83.4 | -86 | 253 | 1738 | 1738 | 1232 |
| EloSRM | 0.652 | 0.879 | 1.388 | 86.7 | -99 | 255 | 1788 | 1788 | 1250 |
| SRMFix | 0.593 | 0.900 | 1.410 | 89.4 | -137 | 250 | 1545 | 1545 | 1244 |
| initial | 0.364 | 0.987 | 1.367 | 118.8 | -158 | 329 | 1739 | 1594 | 1104 |
| SRM | 0.816 | 1.213 | 1.651 | 123.6 | -441 | 180 | 1094 | 1094 | 1526 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 2004-07-07 | SRM 202 | 2 | 38 | 57.39 | 0.60 | 60 | 1788 | 1250 | 37 | 1094 | 1526 |
| 8 | 2004-01-07 | SRM 178 | 2 | 59 | 63.42 | 0.10 | 18 | 1728 | 1291 | 42 | 1057 | 1634 |
| 7 | 2003-12-30 | SRM 177 | 2 | 57 | 51.98 | -0.13 | 5 | 1709 | 1339 | 36 | 1015 | 1798 |
| 6 | 2003-12-22 | SRM 176 | 2 | 9 | 76.90 | 3.10 | 183 | 1705 | 1339 | 180 | 979 | 1918 |
| 5 | 2003-10-07 | TCO '03 Qual. Round 1 | 1 | 467 | 392.81 | -0.25 | -24 | 1522 | 1822 | -38 | 799 | 2540 |
| 4 | 2003-09-23 | SRM 165 | 2 | 26 | 159.70 | 2.62 | 255 | 1545 | 1696 | 174 | 837 | 2271 |
| 3 | 2003-09-03 | SRM 162 | 2 | 111 | 154.36 | 0.48 | 106 | 1290 | 2434 | 34 | 663 | 2883 |
| 2 | 2003-08-12 | SRM 159 | 2 | 140 | 138.74 | -0.18 | -31 | 1184 | 3044 | -130 | 629 | 2951 |
| 1 | 2003-07-17 | SRM 155 | 2 | 190 | 151.70 | -0.46 | -99 | 1215 | 2720 | -441 | 759 | 2497 |