SE is pretty stubborn about this or maybe they just ignore the non jp forum. There had been some comments in this forum before stating that speed run pretty much screw up the game when ppl focusing on 25 min speed run.

Now with the relic quest, SE once again introduce 17 min speed run.

So ya, it's heading that direction.
The game is supposed to have fun, but now it's much more stressful than real life work because u need to keep focus, not doing absolutely anything wrong. Or u elite leader will shout at u, convincing u that u r so suck and please go die because u just wasted ur LS mates time for a failed speed run.