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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| tobinfricke | 3 | 1716 | 1115 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EloSRM | 0.980 | 1.016 | 1.257 | 130.4 | 5 | 208 | 1716 | 1716 | 1261 |
| Odd | 0.980 | 1.016 | 1.259 | 125.4 | 7 | 199 | 1655 | 1655 | 1299 |
| SRMFix | 0.955 | 1.055 | 1.280 | 142.2 | -36 | 222 | 1554 | 1554 | 1130 |
| initial | 0.990 | 1.076 | 1.325 | 129.5 | -16 | 244 | 1558 | 1558 | 1095 |
| SRM | 0.670 | 1.230 | 1.379 | 146.3 | -262 | 123 | 1115 | 1115 | 1369 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2003-10-21 | SRM 168 | 2 | 34 | 123.00 | 1.86 | 178 | 1716 | 1261 | 123 | 1115 | 1369 |
| 2 | 2003-10-14 | SRM 167 | 2 | 84 | 185.01 | 1.14 | 208 | 1538 | 1828 | 54 | 992 | 1808 |
| 1 | 2003-10-09 | TCO '03 Qual. Round 2 | 1 | 441 | 425.02 | -0.05 | 5 | 1330 | 2534 | -262 | 938 | 1985 |