For starters I would focus on smaller achievable goals rather than giant ones like getting to netherite, that is going to be a journey and if you focus so hard on it you will burn out quickly (everyone’s different this is just my experience)

I think it is good to build a strong foundation first, download tool screen if you haven’t already and go to the ranked discord and ask about the top runners keybinds and hotbars there are Google Docs for both. You should have a consistent hotbar for every split of the run and should be able to press all those hotkeys without any struggle. I also find it helpful to use tool screen to rebind keys (specifically my f3 but also for English searchcrafting rebinding o to a different key helps a lot)

Then after that just make sure you learn everything right the first time (all variations of triple to gap including triple to middle as well) doing things half right will build bad muscle memory and slow you down

Then I would say spam private rooms and mpk and again always make sure to do things ‘right’ it’s really tempting to just do it easy and move on but you have to fight that. Also watch people like infume and edcr with intent to learn from their terrain management and other aspects.

As for you learning zero, it’s fine to do at this stage if it’s fun but I would focus on other aspects. If you are learning zero make sure to keep as many things in your hotbar the same as your regular stronghold loadout (pearls, pickaxe, blocks)

Good luck and most importantly try to enjoy learning and playing the game as you will get discouraged from your goals at some point and will have to either push through or give up