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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| XinFang | 5 | 1286 | 651 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EloSRM | -0.054 | 0.259 | 0.316 | 38.2 | -88 | 74 | 1286 | 1286 | 2779 |
| Odd | -0.058 | 0.261 | 0.314 | 37.6 | -81 | 72 | 1245 | 1245 | 2827 |
| SRMFix | -0.076 | 0.283 | 0.346 | 45.8 | -125 | 54 | 1078 | 1078 | 3103 |
| initial | -0.121 | 0.308 | 0.340 | 37.0 | -60 | 56 | 1140 | 1127 | 3229 |
| SRM | -0.260 | 0.469 | 0.576 | 127.8 | -377 | 45 | 823 | 651 | 3299 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2003-11-25 | SRM 173 | 2 | 140 | 199.70 | 0.51 | 74 | 1286 | 2779 | 45 | 651 | 3299 |
| 4 | 2003-11-20 | SRM 172 | 2 | 131 | 178.37 | -0.14 | -10 | 1212 | 3240 | -6 | 606 | 3385 |
| 3 | 2003-10-09 | TCO '03 Qual. Round 2 | 1 | 507 | 462.78 | -0.13 | -16 | 1222 | 3100 | -96 | 612 | 3282 |
| 2 | 2003-10-01 | SRM 166 | 2 | 254 | 242.48 | -0.07 | 4 | 1238 | 2745 | -115 | 708 | 2819 |
| 1 | 2003-09-20 | SRM 164 | 2 | 186 | 137.14 | -0.44 | -88 | 1234 | 2700 | -377 | 823 | 2285 |