We had fire building contests in SAR. Cheating is encouraged, but, we never go anywhere by ourselves and always have teammates with the same gear list as I have - firestarting materials are on it.

I have a nebulous plan to take some friends on an overnight where I get them intentionally lost and require everyone to start a fire using found materials and a match. Should be an interesting exercise in triangulation and tinder finding. For further pain and suffering, I might expect them to use a stick instead of a compass to find north and use a bow drill to light the fire.