This page explains how Mark J. Hoffman (USATT# 24438)'s rating went from 968 to 1148 at the Schaumburg Open held on - 19 Oct 2002. The links below take you to pages that describe various aspects of the rating processor.

The rating processor goes through 4 passes in order. The links take you to pages that provide detailed explanations of the calculations during each of the 4 passes.