我会限制与SELECT方法的交互次数，实际行数而不是UsedRange. Array.Count，并使用数组来加快处理速度。这里是一些关于你的代码的触摸。
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Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim StartRow As Long, LastRow As Long
Dim LevelCol As Long
Dim CurrentLevel As Integer
Dim i As Long, j As Long
Dim LevelArr As Variant

' Define the working sheet
Set ws = ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet

Application.Calculation = xlCalculationManual
Application.ScreenUpdating = False

' Start the timer
Dim StartTime As Double
StartTime = Timer

StartRow = 5
LevelCol = 1
LastRow = ws.Cells(ws.Rows.Count, LevelCol).End(xlUp).Row

' Read data into an array
LevelArr = ws.Range(ws.Cells(StartRow, LevelCol), ws.Cells(LastRow, LevelCol)).Value

' Iterate over rows to group them
For i = 1 To UBound(LevelArr, 1)
    CurrentLevel = LevelArr(i, 1)
    For j = 1 To CurrentLevel - 1
        ws.Rows(StartRow + i - 1).Group
    Next j
Next i

Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.Calculation = xlCalculationAutomatic

' Display runtime
MsgBox "Runtime: " & Round(Timer - StartTime, 2) & " seconds"

End Sub

我使用Python中的openpyxl库来复制逻辑，并注意到速度有了显著的提高。对于400，000行的数据集，在A列中随机分配1-8级，测试文件操作仅在79.61秒内完成，没有任何问题。
下面是Python代码。

import openpyxl
from time import time

def group_rows_based_on_levels(filename):
    # Load workbook and select active sheet
    wb = openpyxl.load_workbook(filename)
    ws = wb.active
    
    start_time = time()
    
    start_row = 5
    level_col = 1
    
    # Determine the last row with data in the level column
    last_row = ws.max_row

    for i in range(start_row, last_row + 1):
        current_level = ws.cell(row=i, column=level_col).value
        if current_level is not None:
            for _ in range(current_level - 1):
                ws.row_dimensions[i].outlineLevel += 1
                ws.row_dimensions[i].hidden = True

    # Save the changes
    wb.save(filename)
    
    runtime = round(time() - start_time, 2)
    print(f"Runtime: {runtime} seconds")

# Example usage
group_rows_based_on_levels("your_file.xlsx")