> This is also a critical problem, I will try to solve it.

If the problem is just that too many values are considered during the sort, I'd recommend that you submit a PR first and that we create a follow-up ticket to address this as a separate issue.

From what I understand, Elasticsearch has a dedicated feature for that, and this will likely require extensive testing if we re-implement it in Hibernate Search. Let's address one problem at a time?