A speed run from when you spawn into the world and then have to reach bedrock as quickly as possible can be an interesting run. I've attempted it a couple times and my pb was 1:27 with decent rng. If someone gets really lucky they can honestly sub 1 minute. The basic strategy is getting 3 wood to make a crafting table, wooden pickaxe, wooden shovel, and sticks. Then run to a cave and mine straight down at the lowest point to get 3 cobblestone for a stone pickaxe, and finish the run by mining until you reach bedrock.

It will be really cool if this became a new category and I'm sure many people will optimize to become faster.

it's a category in Minecraft Classic already

That’s a good idea! Kinda want this as a category, too. Even though it is in classIc, it does not give the same feeling as in java.

Can I just say as well that forums are NOT supposed to be used to suggest new categories, you can do it in the discord.

I like this idea.

It would literally just be get a ruined portal next to a ravine, jump in ravine then dig down and dig through caves on the way. Not a good cat

It's a good idea in theory but structures kinda takeaway the validation of it. Maybe a cat where structures aren't allowed because as SpeedNintendo said ylu just need a bit of luck to get a ravine and village blacksmith / ruined portal so it would become extremely obsolete.