Preparation code

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="prepend"><span id="text">text</span></div>
 
<script>
  Benchmark.prototype.setup = function() {
    var j = $( '#prepend' ),
        d = j[0],
        html = '<span>before</span>',
        element = $( html ),
        domElement = element.clone()[0],
        span = $( '#text' )[0];
    
  };
</script>

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j.prepend( html );
 

j.prepend( element );
 

d.insertAdjacentHTML( "afterBegin", html );
 

d.insertBefore( domElement, span );

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• Revision 1: published by ThinkingStiff on 1st November 2011
• Revision 2: published by James on 23rd April 2012

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