Manual cutting rate: approximately 12 pieces per hour, 100 per day

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• Single craftsman manual cutting time: 11 yearsfinding0.752
  Based on a rate of 12 pieces per hour, 100 per day, for 400,000 pieces.
• Total length of cuts needed: 240 kmfinding0.722
  30 meters of cuts per square meter × 8,000 m².
• Modern labor-material ratios of 50:50, 60:40, and 70:30 are now common in building constructionfinding0.716
  Quantitative finding establishing why labor-intensive traditional techniques are no longer economically viable.
• Mean piece diameter 15 cm, mean edge length 60 cmfinding0.672
  Derived from the sample statistics to estimate cutting requirements.
• Water-jet cutting time: 6 months using 3 machines continuouslyfinding0.668
  Estimated production rate for cutting all 400,000 pieces with water-jet technology.
• Design time estimate: 1 year for 100 sections at 2 weeks eachfinding0.667
  Estimated time to design the floor with full-scale physical mockups section by section.
• Total number of marble pieces ~400,000 for 8,000 m²finding0.665
  Extrapolated from sample statistics: roughly 50 pieces per square meter.
• Less than a trillionth of all the 6 × 10^23 possible sequences actually work well enough to allow smooth unfolding.quote0.655
  Alexander's striking quantification of the rarity of good sequences, underscoring why finding the right order is so difficult and precious.