Benjamin Elder
Rideau · 2017 to 2026
- Starts
- 283
- Finals
- 87
- Wins
- 11
- Seasons
- 10
- Events
- 20
Personal bests
Fastest time in every event
Singles
K-1 200m→
6th88.7%41.587
Heat 1 · 2026 Canoe Kayak Canada Sprint National Championships
Set in Junior Men
20213 seasons2026K-1 500m→
6th92.4%1:49.25
EOD Nationals Qualifiers, 2025
Set in Junior Men
20216 seasons · best in 20252026K-1 1000m→
4th94.7%3:54.73
EOD Nationals Qualifiers, 2025
Set in Junior Men
20216 seasons · best in 20252026K-1 5000m→
4th96.6%24:15.95
Final A · 2022 Ontario Cup - Ontario Summer Games
Set in Men
K-1 10000m→
9th89.1%48:11.69
CKO Sprint's Ontario Cup - Long Distance Regatta, 2021
Set in U16 Men
20212 seasons · best in 20212022
Crew boats
C-15 500m→
Silver99.1%1:55.704
Final · 2023 Canadian Sprint Canoe Kayak Championships
Set in U18 Mixed
1× national champion in C-15 500m
20225 seasons · best in 20232026C-15 1000m→
Gold97.3%3:56.800
Final · 2024 Canoe Kayak Canada National Sprint Championships
Set in Junior Men
1× national champion in C-15 1000m
20243 seasons · best in 20242026K-2 200m→
4th86.5%0:38.06
Final 2 · 2024 Rideau Regatta
Set in Open Men
20233 seasons · best in 20242025K-2 500m→
6th94.0%1:40.206
Final · 2024 Canoe Kayak Canada National Sprint Championships
Set in U18 Men
20225 seasons · best in 20242026K-2 1000m→
5th90.6%3:39.093
Heat 3 · 2026 Canoe Kayak Canada Sprint National Championships
Set in Open Men
20223 seasons2026K-4 200m→
Gold100.0%32.16
Final · 2025 Rideau Regatta
Set in Open Men
K-4 500m→
Gold99.2%1:29.271
Final · 2023 Canadian Sprint Canoe Kayak Championships
Set in U18 Men
1× national champion in K-4 500m
20225 seasons · best in 20232026K-4 1000m→
5th97.3%3:22.263
Final · 2022 Canadian Sprint Canoe Kayak Championships
Set in U16 Men
Book of Champions
3 national titles
National records
- 2023U16 Mixed C-15 500mFormer national record2:02.888
- Gold
- 3
- Silver
- 4
- Bronze
- 3
- 2026Junior Men K-4 500mCrew of 4 · Rideau C.C.1:31.929Silver
- 2025Senior Men C-15 1000mCrew of 15 · Rideau C.C.4:07.623Bronze
- 2024Junior Men C-15 1000mCrew of 15 · Rideau C.C.3:56.800Gold
- 2024U18 Mixed C-15 500mCrew of 15 · Rideau C.C.2:00.200Bronze
- 2023U16 Mixed C-15 500mCrew of 15 · Rideau C.C.2:02.888Gold
- 2023U18 Men K-4 500mCrew of 4 · Rideau C.C.1:29.271Gold
- 2023U18 Mixed C-15 500mCrew of 15 · Rideau C.C.1:54.630Silver
- 2022U16 Men K-2 500mCrew of 2 · Rideau C.C.1:47.567Silver
- 2022U16 Men C-15 500mCrew of 15 · Rideau C.C.1:56.167Silver
- 2022U16 Men K-4 500mCrew of 4 · Rideau C.C.1:33.125Bronze
From the Book of Champions, kept by Frank Clement, E. Ralph Reilly, C. Fred Johnston, Liam Birch.
Season by season
How each event has moved
▸How to read these charts
The line is %GMT: the winner's time divided by this athlete's, so 100% is winning pace and higher is better. It is the only number that compares across years, venues and conditions; the raw time is printed on each point because that is the one a paddler recognises. A dashed segment skips seasons with no results, and the grey tick is that season's median. ▽ marks a time so far off this athlete's best it is almost always a garbled source time.
Under the line is the season's best placement, with its round: 4th in an A final beats 1st in a B final. "A·9" is an A final with nine boats.
Seasons are labelled by age on Dec 31 of that year, the way age classes count it. The birth year is estimated from the age classes raced, so an age marked ~ can be one year high for an athlete who always raced up.
K-1 500m
PB 1:49.25▲ 4.5 pts since age ~1452 starts · 8 seasons2021* fastest time in Heat 3, best place in Semi 4. Same regatta, so the fastest time came from a round that did not decide the placing.
2026* fastest time in Semifinal A3, best place in Final C. Same regatta, so the fastest time came from a round that did not decide the placing.
K-1 1000m
PB 3:54.73▲ 5.3 pts since age ~1538 starts · 8 seasons▽ 1 season sit against the axis floor and are left out of the line: a time that far off this athlete's own best here is nearly always a garbled source time, not a season.
K-2 500m
PB 1:40.206▲ 3.0 pts since age ~1532 starts · 8 seasonsK-4 500m
PB 1:29.271▲ 8.8 pts since age ~1521 starts · 7 seasonsK-2 1000m
PB 3:39.093▼ 2.0 pts since age ~1511 starts · 4 seasonsK-1 200m
PB 41.587▲ 8.7 pts since age ~148 starts · 3 seasons2021* fastest time in Heat 7, best place in C-Final. Same regatta, so the fastest time came from a round that did not decide the placing.
K-4 1000m
PB 3:22.2638 starts · 2 seasonsC-15 500m
PB 1:55.704▼ 3.4 pts since age ~157 starts · 5 seasonsC-4 500m
6 starts · 3 seasonsNo comparable times here, placements only.
K-2 200m
PB 0:38.06▼ 6.2 pts since age ~166 starts · 3 seasonsC-1 500m
5 starts · 2 seasonsNo comparable times here, placements only.
C-15 1000m
PB 3:56.800▼ 7.0 pts since age ~174 starts · 3 seasonsK-1 10000m
PB 48:11.69▲ 0.3 pts since age ~142 starts · 2 seasonsIs this you?
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