You've made some good points as well, Spoekes.

I may be different, but I learned all of that in dungeons without speed running, and refined it in raids. I'd even go so far as to say I REALLY learned how to play well from raiding, and all that simply because I wanted something else to focus on other than relics. And now it's my most favorite thing in game. Again, speaking only for myself, I simply feel like I have nothing to learn or benefit from speed runs. Tomes, bonuses, and even time aren't incentives for me, believe it or not.