How fast should a new user reach their first core value moment?

When looking at our user session replays, we noticed a trend: users who didn't experience the main benefit of the product within the first 3 minutes almost never returned. We tried adding guided walkthrough tours, but most users just clicked Skip as fast as possible.

It made us realize that users don't want to be taught how to use a tool they tool just want to get to the result immediately.

How did you streamline your onboarding to get users to their Aha moment faster? Did you strip away setup entirely or show dummy/pre populated data first?