I have won many competitions and run a large bricklaying company in England.
(I have never lost a bricklaying competition)
you should expect a decent bricklayer to lay an average of 700 face bricks per day.
In a competition I once laid 960 face bricks in a 1/2 brick wall in 2 hours
in another competition i laid 1660 facebricks (1/2b wall) in an 8 hour shift.
The contests for fastest bricklayer are normally held over an hour,after the contest the bricklayers cannot do anything else for the day.
In the real world if you worked like that,you would not even cover your days money
Modular bricks, 8 to the sq ft a good mason can lay about 1200 to 2000 in a typical day, that's with no arches or pillars, just run of the mill coverage.
old brick layer ...... a few
young brick layer ..... a few more
old brick layer ..... experience
young brick layer .... still learning the trade
find a middle aged brick layer he will lay the most ....about one cube and a half 8 to 10 hrs
