diff --git a/zig-ecs/build.zig b/zig-ecs/build.zig
index 92cdbb0..50d6f2a 100644
--- a/zig-ecs/build.zig
+++ b/zig-ecs/build.zig
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *Builder) void {
     const buildMode = b.standardReleaseOptions();
 
     const examples = [_][2][]const u8{
+        [_][]const u8{ "group_sort", "examples/group_sort.zig" },
         [_][]const u8{ "view_vs_group", "examples/view_vs_group.zig" },
         [_][]const u8{ "simple", "examples/simple.zig" },
     };
diff --git a/zig-ecs/examples/group_sort.zig b/zig-ecs/examples/group_sort.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d383f29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zig-ecs/examples/group_sort.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const ecs = @import("ecs");
+
+// override the EntityTraits used by ecs
+pub const EntityTraits = ecs.EntityTraitsType(.medium);
+
+pub const Velocity = struct { x: f32, y: f32 };
+pub const Position = struct { x: f32, y: f32 };
+
+const total_entities: usize = 10000;
+
+/// logs the timing for views vs non-owning groups vs owning groups with 1,000,000 entities
+pub fn main() !void {
+    var reg = ecs.Registry.init(std.heap.c_allocator);
+    defer reg.deinit();
+
+    var timer = try std.time.Timer.start();
+
+    createEntities(&reg);
+    owningGroup(&reg);
+}
+
+fn createEntities(reg: *ecs.Registry) void {
+    var r = std.rand.DefaultPrng.init(666);
+
+    var timer = std.time.Timer.start() catch unreachable;
+    var i: usize = 0;
+    while (i < total_entities) : (i += 1) {
+        var e1 = reg.create();
+        reg.add(e1, Position{ .x = 1, .y = r.random.float(f32) * 100 });
+        reg.add(e1, Velocity{ .x = 1, .y = r.random.float(f32) * 100 });
+    }
+
+    var end = timer.lap();
+    std.debug.warn("create entities: {d}\n", .{@intToFloat(f64, end) / 1000000000});
+}
+
+fn owningGroup(reg: *ecs.Registry) void {
+    var group = reg.group(.{ Velocity, Position }, .{}, .{});
+
+    // var group_iter = group.iterator(struct { vel: *Velocity, pos: *Position });
+    // while (group_iter.next()) |e| {
+    //     std.debug.warn("pos.y {d:.3}, ent: {}\n", .{e.pos.y, group_iter.entity()});
+    // }
+
+    const SortContext = struct {
+        fn sort(this: void, a: Position, b: Position) bool {
+            return a.y < b.y;
+        }
+    };
+
+    var timer = std.time.Timer.start() catch unreachable;
+    group.sort(Position, {}, SortContext.sort);
+    var end = timer.lap();
+    std.debug.warn("group (sort): {d}\n", .{@intToFloat(f64, end) / 1000000000});
+
+    timer.reset();
+    group.sort(Position, {}, SortContext.sort);
+    end = timer.lap();
+    std.debug.warn("group (sort 2): {d}\n", .{@intToFloat(f64, end) / 1000000000});
+
+
+    // var group_iter2 = group.iterator(struct { vel: *Velocity, pos: *Position });
+    // while (group_iter2.next()) |e| {
+    //     std.debug.warn("pos.y {d:.3}, ent: {}\n", .{e.pos.y, group_iter2.entity()});
+    // }
+}