I'm not sure if it would actually speed things up for you but you could
find the first match for 2 conditions something like this
=MATCH(1,INDEX((A1:A1000="apple")*(B1:B1000="banan a"),0),0)
and the last with
=MATCH(2,INDEX(1/(A1:A1000="apple")*(B1:B1000="banana"),0))
you can add more conditions quite easily
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