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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| djzerkel | 8 | 1666 | 853 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| initial | 0.105 | 1.004 | 1.303 | 120.9 | -170 | 279 | 1624 | 1301 | 1904 |
| Odd | 0.192 | 1.026 | 1.300 | 76.4 | -54 | 270 | 1713 | 1615 | 1554 |
| EloSRM | 0.212 | 1.031 | 1.312 | 78.6 | -56 | 289 | 1760 | 1666 | 1541 |
| SRMFix | 0.210 | 1.032 | 1.326 | 103.3 | -103 | 263 | 1563 | 1361 | 1786 |
| SRM | 0.278 | 1.148 | 1.321 | 124.1 | -203 | 157 | 1127 | 853 | 2541 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 2004-03-13 | SRM 186 | 2 | 177 | 67.86 | -1.45 | -52 | 1666 | 1541 | -141 | 853 | 2541 |
| 7 | 2004-03-01 | SRM 185 | 2 | 176 | 95.38 | -1.19 | -42 | 1719 | 1390 | -133 | 994 | 1960 |
| 6 | 2004-02-17 | SRM 184 | 2 | 54 | 80.54 | 0.58 | 47 | 1760 | 1258 | 49 | 1127 | 1408 |
| 5 | 2004-02-11 | SRM 183 | 2 | 24 | 97.86 | 2.03 | 136 | 1714 | 1392 | 117 | 1078 | 1597 |
| 4 | 2004-02-07 | SRM 182 | 2 | 105 | 94.16 | -0.16 | 1 | 1578 | 1823 | -6 | 961 | 2014 |
| 3 | 2004-01-28 | SRM 181 | 2 | 34 | 175.71 | 2.37 | 289 | 1577 | 1830 | 157 | 967 | 2007 |
| 2 | 2004-01-22 | SRM 180 | 2 | 161 | 140.49 | -0.39 | -56 | 1288 | 2861 | -187 | 810 | 2697 |
| 1 | 2004-01-17 | SRM 179 | 2 | 139 | 131.49 | -0.09 | 6 | 1345 | 2586 | -203 | 997 | 1904 |