User blog comment:Madness Incarnate/The Mathematics and Psychology behind "Elo Hell"/@comment-109.89.157.25-20130111050651/@comment-108.17.144.137-20130111065954

I am making the assumption that their actual elo is the same as they wouldn't be paired otherwise. Only their s-elo is different. These are very simplified models,  but they do show the proper trends.