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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herschel | 4 | 1718 | 1101 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRMFix | 0.331 | 0.345 | 0.542 | 70.0 | -4 | 232 | 1472 | 1472 | 1437 |
| EloSRM | 0.331 | 0.362 | 0.607 | 101.5 | -6 | 311 | 1718 | 1718 | 1384 |
| SRM | 0.136 | 0.370 | 0.401 | 69.8 | -135 | 71 | 1271 | 1101 | 1522 |
| initial | 0.480 | 0.480 | 0.628 | 57.8 | 5 | 132 | 1431 | 1431 | 1444 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2004-02-07 | SRM 182 | 2 | 66 | 65.69 | -0.01 | 19 | 1718 | 1384 | 19 | 1101 | 1522 |
| 3 | 2004-01-28 | SRM 181 | 1 | 172 | 165.56 | -0.06 | -6 | 1699 | 1427 | -135 | 1082 | 1596 |
| 2 | 2003-10-14 | SRM 167 | 1 | 188 | 214.19 | 0.19 | 70 | 1705 | 1307 | -54 | 1217 | 1037 |
| 1 | 2003-10-01 | SRM 166 | 2 | 92 | 211.20 | 1.20 | 311 | 1635 | 1453 | 71 | 1271 | 816 |