This page explains how Michael Shieh (USATT# 17295)'s rating went from 1893 to 1877 at the Bay Area Table Tennis Federation event from 7 Sep 2011. 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.