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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| mendicant | 3 | 1910 | 1078 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRM | 0.876 | 1.452 | 1.909 | 292.7 | -500 | 369 | 1569 | 1078 | 1709 |
| initial | 0.894 | 1.755 | 2.376 | 211.3 | -126 | 478 | 1678 | 1523 | 1341 |
| EloSRM | 0.651 | 2.054 | 2.535 | 288.4 | -94 | 692 | 2083 | 1910 | 1139 |
| SRMFix | 0.494 | 2.122 | 2.527 | 322.6 | -215 | 656 | 1856 | 1543 | 1358 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2005-02-08 | SRM 230 | 2 | 79 | 26.13 | -1.60 | -79 | 1910 | 1139 | 9 | 1078 | 1709 |
| 2 | 2005-01-31 | SRM 229 | 1 | 215 | 151.87 | -0.51 | -94 | 1989 | 950 | -500 | 1069 | 1736 |
| 1 | 2005-01-27 | SRM 228 | 2 | 9 | 149.90 | 4.06 | 692 | 2083 | 767 | 369 | 1569 | 471 |