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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| acme | 5 | 1291 | 685 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EloSRM | -0.029 | 0.157 | 0.170 | 32.4 | -51 | 36 | 1291 | 1291 | 2701 |
| initial | -0.074 | 0.171 | 0.205 | 20.6 | -40 | 12 | 1160 | 1156 | 3075 |
| SRMFix | -0.043 | 0.204 | 0.226 | 35.7 | -89 | 17 | 1119 | 1119 | 2943 |
| SRM | -0.294 | 0.382 | 0.523 | 103.0 | -310 | -7 | 890 | 685 | 3327 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2003-01-25 | SRM 130 | 2 | 98 | 103.52 | 0.08 | 21 | 1291 | 2701 | -7 | 685 | 3327 |
| 4 | 2003-01-06 | SRM 128 | 2 | 145 | 157.50 | 0.12 | 29 | 1271 | 2766 | -17 | 692 | 3303 |
| 3 | 2003-01-02 | SRM 127 | 2 | 127 | 138.13 | 0.12 | 36 | 1242 | 2910 | -48 | 709 | 3193 |
| 2 | 2002-12-23 | SRM 126 | 2 | 106 | 110.70 | -0.20 | -26 | 1206 | 3231 | -133 | 757 | 2928 |
| 1 | 2002-12-12 | SRM 124 | 2 | 132 | 136.05 | -0.26 | -51 | 1233 | 2951 | -310 | 890 | 2214 |