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Well they stabbed him with a spear. That tends to accelerate the process. Plus he had been heavily beaten and bloodied before being hung on the cross.
And what was the spear made of?
https://www.unrv.com/military/pilum.php
I think you're on to something with this iron thing.
Probably bronze.
The stabbing allegedly happened after he died, and I don't imagine many of the victims were hoisted up in good health. The Romans would go around at the end of the day to break the legs of the victims so they couldn't hold their heads up as easily, speeding along the process of asphyxiation.
I can't remember, did they break Jesus' legs?