If I understand the grandparent correctly, there would be no way to determine which rows have a higher work factor. The work factor would be determined when th

If I understand the grandparent correctly, there would be no way to determine which rows have a higher work factor. The work factor would be determined when the password is given, based on the password entropy - the correct password will always have the same entropy, therefore the same work factor. If the work factor is calculated on the wrong password (typo, etc.) it will not generate the correct hash anyway. Therefore an attacker has no way of determining which password hashes have a high work factor, and which ones have a low work factor.