What is the fastest way to change a key of an element inside std::map

In C++17, the new map::extract function lets you change the key.
Example:

std::map<int, std::string> m{ {10, "potato"}, {1, "banana"} };
auto nodeHandler = m.extract(10);
nodeHandler.key() = 2;
m.insert(std::move(nodeHandler)); // { { 1, "banana" }, { 2, "potato" } }

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