How to sort a list of points from lowest to highest by the Z axis without getting rid of the X and Y axis

Grasshopper
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Hello!!

I am trying to patch a surface of points together to replicate the difference in density between downtown seattle and its surrounding built environment. I have imported the heights and footprints of every building in seattle and have created a point at the center of the roof of each building. However, an issue came up where some of the points are randomly very low on the z axis (at the building footprint instead of the top). This is creating a crazy patched surface which is not smooth at all, and not what I want. As a resolution, I have tried to sort and eliminate all of the points which are below 100 on the z axis. I have tried a number of different ways to sort the lists and all attempts have lead me to only points on the Z axis, therefor I am not able to patch the points.

Here is a screenshot of some of the failed definitions I have tried;
I have also attached an image of what the patch looks like without deleting the low points;

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sort_pts_by_z

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Thank you so much!!!

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Little question on this. The sort component will have ‘number’ as output. How can I retrieve that value as a point?

So basically my question is: do you know how I can select the point with the highest Z value from the list?

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Are you sure about this? The “A” output of Sort is point. not ‘number’.

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