Variable: Weight, height of man

Length of the pendulum, rate of decrease in height

Info: the blade part is made of steel

top is brass
The same amount force used
Distance increases time stays relative per swing.
12 swings left before kills him
30 feet is the distance by each one.
Brass lowers by 2.5 feet every time
1 yard passed in to a full hour
1 and swings have passed before the twelve strokes
20 to 40 minutes per swing

Info we need: the variable of speed of the blade increasing when moving down.
Guess at the final swing before he is killed he has 10 to 20 minutes to escape well enuf time for
the rats to chew through and for him to escape.