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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ostrogoth | 8 | 1328 | 502 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EloSRM | -0.078 | 0.192 | 0.244 | 32.0 | -49 | 47 | 1364 | 1328 | 4287 |
| Odd | -0.093 | 0.197 | 0.246 | 28.9 | -51 | 40 | 1320 | 1273 | 4280 |
| SRMFix | -0.106 | 0.217 | 0.266 | 28.9 | -83 | 29 | 1130 | 1063 | 4546 |
| initial | -0.124 | 0.229 | 0.270 | 27.6 | -56 | 26 | 1161 | 1080 | 4910 |
| SRM | -0.242 | 0.386 | 0.482 | 93.5 | -305 | 23 | 895 | 502 | 4957 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 2005-08-27 | SRM 260 | 2 | 322 | 321.30 | -0.00 | 12 | 1328 | 4287 | -10 | 502 | 4957 |
| 7 | 2005-02-23 | SRM 232 | 2 | 149 | 176.71 | 0.25 | 47 | 1316 | 3263 | 23 | 512 | 3822 |
| 6 | 2005-02-19 | SRM 231 | 2 | 266 | 217.39 | -0.35 | -47 | 1268 | 3691 | -96 | 489 | 3933 |
| 5 | 2004-07-07 | SRM 202 | 2 | 158 | 119.38 | -0.44 | -49 | 1315 | 2819 | -155 | 585 | 3464 |
| 4 | 2004-03-31 | SRM 189 | 2 | 108 | 124.98 | 0.21 | 40 | 1364 | 2581 | 2 | 740 | 3048 |
| 3 | 2004-03-25 | SRM 188 | 2 | 149 | 147.79 | -0.01 | 12 | 1324 | 2776 | -56 | 738 | 3065 |
| 2 | 2004-03-16 | SRM 187 | 2 | 177 | 170.52 | -0.05 | 6 | 1312 | 2813 | -101 | 794 | 2825 |
| 1 | 2004-03-13 | SRM 186 | 2 | 161 | 138.48 | -0.22 | -41 | 1305 | 2807 | -305 | 895 | 2308 |