I'm pretty sure they're sorted based on what the forum sort order is, only they're on top...

-sticky sorted 1
sticky sorted 2
sticky sorted 3
-topic sorted 1
etc etc etc

the sort would be whatever the forum sort order is setup as in the cp...

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