Put in B1:
=IF(A1="","",IF(LEN(A1)=3,A1,LEFT(TRIM(A1),3)+ROW( )/10^10))
Copy B1 down

Just an add-on. With the above formula in col B, instead of doing Data
Sort, think we could also drive out the same sort order by putting in say,
C1:

=IF(ISERROR(SMALL(B:B,ROWS($A$1:A1))),"",INDEX(A:A ,MATCH(SMALL(B:B,ROWS($A$1
:A1)),B:B,0)))

and copying C1 down
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