Will there be new categories for no Hard Stone/Gemstone (or making No End Stone into No End/Hard/Gem Stone), since both collections require HOTM 2 and 10k coins to reach?

I don't use Discord, that's the thing. If I had it, I'd probably mention something on there.

My run was 19:40 exactly (0 milliseconds)

My Any% No Glitches (Peaceful) speedrun hasn't been verified/rejected yet, and it's been almost an entire month. How long does it usually take to get a speedrun verified? (The popup when submitting said 1-3 weeks)

IL Category: Final Homerun!
Since the closest we have to it so far is Planet Kebabulon, which includes ALL challenges AND the sun fight. Timing starts upon the first movement. Timing ends upon grabbing the Final Homerun ice cream.
Link:

If not, can there be a separate category including them?

Do bonus levels count for Jumpless Max%?

I tested it to see if a pacifist run was possible a couple days ago, turns out it is
It also adds a lot more challenge to the game, especially with level 15 having emperor penguin spam with small gaps in between each

If my internet cuts out, can I count the amount of time I was stuck on the server selection screen as a load for Without Loads?

There is a trick where if you have armor that gives extra health, take damage less than or equal to the extra health given, then take it off and put it back on again, you'll instantly regain all of that health. (If done too fast, it won't work.) Since the dps for Trial 5 is 50 (and the previous are less), a single Growth IV/V armor piece (obtainable via auction) could be enough to complete the first 5 trials.

With this, a potential strategy could be the following:
1) Wait for a cheap helmet with Growth IV to be near ending on auction.
2) Grind up quick money (similar to Obtain Coins), then bid on said auction.
3) Sometime during this, mine a few pieces of wood to obtain Foraging I.
4) Collect the auction, equip the armor, and go to The Park.
5) Swim up the waterfall to reach the Trials of Fire.
6) With rhythm after each hit, click on the armor piece twice.
7) After the trial, click on Ryan with the Campfire Badge.
8 ) Repeat steps 6 & 7 for the next 4 trials.

And with that, Trial of Fire 5 is complete!

Video explaining strategy:

Hypixel's newest update added a way to get an item with Skyblock Gems (real money), and it saves per account. This can be sold to get 800k instantly. Not that I'd do this strat anyway, but would this be disallowed for the speedruns?

omg the number won time uses badlion!!! remove time

Another thing, I found out that the timing is someone invalid, because if you open it and go straight to lobby it still gives you the box

Retime? Or maybe allow new runs with Allchat Command Execution? Or (probably won't happen) new Mystery Vault subcategories?

Proof:
Every game starts at 4:30, and you can see the text skip from "The game is starting in 10 seconds!" to the game in "Kill contracts will be issued in 3 seconds!", where the time is 4:23. Real time of the run should be around 56-57 seconds

https://www.speedrun.com/hypixel_ce/run/zqwqp0xz
The video is at 60 fps
The players all get warped sometime between 6+51/60 s and 6+53/60 s
The FOV change is rather 16+59/60 s or 17s flat

Meaning the run is somewhere between 10+6/60 (10.100) and 10+9/60 s (0:10.150), not 0:09.983

Also, the knife is obtained at the 9 second mark

I was planning on doing a collecting coins speedrun, but I'm not sure if I am required to delete a profile to make a new one for it. If I use nothing from my previous profile, am I able to use the profile for my speedrun?

We had the legacy True Any%, where someone beat the sun fight without being able to see the actual battle (mostly). I even beat the tutorial long-wise and got about 17 ice creams blindfolded (NMG, although I need to find a way to record me at the same time)
Would anyone like to try a Blindfolded run? It could be Any%, 100%, or either NMG category
If anyone is going to try it, I hope you the best of luck!

I attempted a Damageless% NMG a month or 2 ago, and failed at the sun fight
I'm sure it's doable though

How about Jumpless% 54 IC?

I'm thinking about going for 39 IC on Wednesday, wish me luck

Okay, that makes sense. Thanks for clarifying!