[JZerf]

It's not a good idea to use this site (or the Computer Language Benchmarks Games https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/ that it is partially based off) as an indicator of how may rewrites are necessary in order to generate good programs. The skill levels of the contributors and the size/popularity of the various programming language communities can vary a lot. The benchmark rules have been changing over time and contributors have been figuring out better algorithms over time so these both result in the contributed programs getting updated over time as well. Older programming languages have been around longer than newer programming languages and will have had more contributed programs consequently. Some programming languages are under more active development so require more revamps of existing programs. Etc...

[pverghese]

That's the point isn't it. The skill level of the programmer is also dependent on how easy the language is to pick up

[JZerf]

You could certainly make an argument that an easier language allows a programmer to reach a certain skill level faster or maybe even reach a higher peak skill level. By extension you could also argue that, by some definitions, the skill level of that language's community might be higher. However assuming you had equally skilled Rust and Zig programmers, I think it is wrong to say that the Rust programmers would require more rewrites to match or surpass the Zig programmers.