They did not " want a faster game ", they play at their best tempo/speed/pace.
Two minutes is too short for me ( rating around 1200 ), three minutes is better, but playing 5/2 gives the best result, rating now around 1400, so apparently I need four minutes play.
The answer to your question lies in the possibilities to choose between 2, 3, 5, 10, 15, 30 and so on minutes. Your 15/10 opponents apparently need 8 to 10 minutes, but when they choose a lower tempo, they play less pleasant...
In my last few games, which I set at 15/10, I noticed that all of my opponents played far more quickly than I did, and hardly used up half their time, even though they were full-length games (20+ moves each).
Why did they accept that invitation, if they wanted a faster game?
I won 3 and the other one was very close, so it is not like playing against me is trivially easy.
I'm not complaining, I'm just interested in people's motivations.