var deepSort = function(arr){
  var i;
  var hasPositionKey = [];
  var noPositionKey = [];
  var nestedObj;
  var positions = [];
  var loggingPositions = {};
  var positionSortedObjects = [];

  // iterate through the array of objects
  for(i = 0; i < arr.length; i++){
    // set a variable for the individual object being considered
     nestedObj = arr[i];
    // if that object has a position of false
    if(nestedObj.position === false){
      // push false object into the array of false position objects
      noPositionKey.push(nestedObj);
    }
    // if the object has a numbered position
    if(typeof nestedObj.position === 'number'){
      // push numbered position to the array of numbered position objects
      hasPositionKey.push(nestedObj);
    }
  }

  // iterate through the array of objects with positions
  for(i = 0; i < hasPositionKey.length; i++){
    // set a variable for the individual object being considered
    nestedObj = hasPositionKey[i];
    // push only the position number into an array to track positions
    positions.push(nestedObj.position);
    // add a key value pair of position:id to an object
    loggingPositions[nestedObj.position] = nestedObj.id;
  }

  // sort the array that stores the positions of the non-false objects
  positions.sort();
  // iterate through that array and construct a final array of objects by sorted position
  for(i = 0; i < positions.length; i++){
    // set a variable for the positions, as encountered in order:
    var num = positions[i];
    // set a key for the object to be constructed
    var key = loggingPositions[num];
    // set a value for the object to be constructed
    var value = num;
    // construct a result object with object literal notation:
    var result = {
      id: key,
      position: value
    };
    // push the constructed objects into the positionSortedObjects array
    positionSortedObjects.push( result );
  }

  // return a concatenated array of the positionSortedObjects + the noPositionKey objects
  return (positionSortedObjects.concat(noPositionKey));
};

var sample = [
    {
        id : 1,
        position: false
    },
    {
        id: 2,
        position: false
    },
    {
        id: 3,
        position: 4
    },
    {
        id: 4,
        position: false
    },
    {
        id: 5,
        position: 2
    },
    {
        id: 6,
        position: 5
    },
    {
        id: 7,
        position: 3
    },
    {
        id: 8,
        position: 1
    }
];

deepSort(sample);