The last one in that thread is 11 minutes. And, I just did `time conda create -n test -y anaconda pytest-cov pytest-xdist coverage sphinx_rtd_theme flake8` on my Macbook, and it clocked in at 36 minutes! Probably, this is affected by also having the condaforge channel active (which I need), but it's definitely not from some network/VPN issues. Everyone I work with has similar problems. So don't tell me there's "absolutely no chance that is from normally executing conda".