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.
| 2003-04-04 | Division 1 | Division 2 | TopCoder Collegiate Challenge - Semifinal Round 2 | previous | next |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | tau | rho | ΔR | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| initial | 0.079 | 0.394 | 0.433 | 0.667 | 0.800 | 9.6 | 47.5 | -76 | 54 | 3448 |
| SRMFix | 0.115 | 0.449 | 0.491 | 0.333 | 0.400 | 6.2 | 14.4 | -16 | 25 | 2869 |
| Odd | 0.136 | 0.450 | 0.514 | 0.333 | 0.400 | 4.1 | 8.0 | -8 | 16 | 2802 |
| SRM | 0.108 | 0.457 | 0.501 | 0.333 | 0.400 | -0.5 | 43.5 | -88 | 44 | 2790 |
| EloSRM | 0.133 | 0.462 | 0.520 | 0.333 | 0.400 | 7.4 | 9.2 | -4 | 20 | 2903 |
| Player | score | rank | seed | perf | rounds | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dmwright | 497.60 | 1 | 1.61 | 0.69 | 114 | 8 | 2903 | 11 | 27 | 2790 | 6 |
| mathewsb | 461.87 | 2 | 2.64 | 0.40 | 18 | 20 | 2704 | 21 | 44 | 2313 | 32 |
| axch | 435.33 | 3 | 3.21 | 0.10 | 54 | 5 | 2576 | 52 | 15 | 2126 | 56 |
| benetin | 409.49 | 4 | 2.54 | -0.66 | 87 | -4 | 2701 | 22 | -88 | 2332 | 28 |