diff --git a/packages/router/src/index.ts b/packages/router/src/index.ts
index 816dd2c51..7fbf605b4 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 export { createWebHistory } from './history/html5'
 export { createMemoryHistory } from './history/memory'
 export { createWebHashHistory } from './history/hash'
-export { createRouterMatcher } from './matcher'
+export { createRouterMatcher, createRouterMatcherSortCache } from './matcher'
 export type { RouterMatcher } from './matcher'
 
 export { parseQuery, stringifyQuery } from './query'
diff --git a/packages/router/src/matcher/index.ts b/packages/router/src/matcher/index.ts
index 39a3c24b1..0ffd376f2 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/matcher/index.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/matcher/index.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ import {
   _RouteRecordProps,
 } from '../types'
 import { createRouterError, ErrorTypes, MatcherError } from '../errors'
-import { createRouteRecordMatcher, RouteRecordMatcher } from './pathMatcher'
-import { RouteRecordNormalized } from './types'
+import {
+  createRouteRecordCacheKey,
+  createRouteRecordMatcher,
+  RouteRecordMatcher,
+} from './pathMatcher'
+import { RouteRecord, RouteRecordNormalized } from './types'
 
 import type {
   PathParams,
@@ -61,8 +65,15 @@ export function createRouterMatcher(
   // normalized ordered array of matchers
   const matchers: RouteRecordMatcher[] = []
   const matcherMap = new Map<RouteRecordName, RouteRecordMatcher>()
+  let restoreSort = globalOptions.sortCache != null
+
   globalOptions = mergeOptions(
-    { strict: false, end: true, sensitive: false } as PathParserOptions,
+    {
+      strict: false,
+      end: true,
+      sensitive: false,
+      sortCache: undefined,
+    } as PathParserOptions,
     globalOptions
   )
 
@@ -223,17 +234,21 @@ export function createRouterMatcher(
   }
 
   function insertMatcher(matcher: RouteRecordMatcher) {
-    let i = 0
-    while (
-      i < matchers.length &&
-      comparePathParserScore(matcher, matchers[i]) >= 0 &&
-      // Adding children with empty path should still appear before the parent
-      // https://github.com/vuejs/router/issues/1124
-      (matcher.record.path !== matchers[i].record.path ||
-        !isRecordChildOf(matcher, matchers[i]))
-    )
-      i++
-    matchers.splice(i, 0, matcher)
+    if (restoreSort) {
+      matchers.push(matcher)
+    } else {
+      let i = 0
+      while (
+        i < matchers.length &&
+        comparePathParserScore(matcher, matchers[i]) >= 0 &&
+        // Adding children with empty path should still appear before the parent
+        // https://github.com/vuejs/router/issues/1124
+        (matcher.record.path !== matchers[i].record.path ||
+          !isRecordChildOf(matcher, matchers[i]))
+      )
+        i++
+      matchers.splice(i, 0, matcher)
+    }
     // only add the original record to the name map
     if (matcher.record.name && !isAliasRecord(matcher))
       matcherMap.set(matcher.record.name, matcher)
@@ -348,9 +363,45 @@ export function createRouterMatcher(
   // add initial routes
   routes.forEach(route => addRoute(route))
 
+  // restore matcher order from cache
+  if (globalOptions.sortCache != null) {
+    try {
+      matchers.sort(
+        (a, b) =>
+          globalOptions!.sortCache![a.cacheKey!] -
+          globalOptions!.sortCache![b.cacheKey!]
+      )
+
+      for (const entry of matchers) {
+        delete entry.cacheKey
+      }
+    } catch {
+      console.log('Restore failure.')
+    }
+  }
+
+  restoreSort = false
+
   return { addRoute, resolve, removeRoute, getRoutes, getRecordMatcher }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Creates a router matcher sort cache
+ *
+ * @internal
+ */
+export function createRouterMatcherSortCache(
+  records: RouteRecord[]
+): Record<string, number> {
+  const sortCache: Record<string, number> = {}
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < records.length; i++) {
+    sortCache[createRouteRecordCacheKey(records[i])] = i
+  }
+
+  return sortCache
+}
+
 function paramsFromLocation(
   params: MatcherLocation['params'],
   keys: string[]
diff --git a/packages/router/src/matcher/pathMatcher.ts b/packages/router/src/matcher/pathMatcher.ts
index aae2b7826..1573e6e9c 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/matcher/pathMatcher.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/matcher/pathMatcher.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ export interface RouteRecordMatcher extends PathParser {
   children: RouteRecordMatcher[]
   // aliases that must be removed when removing this record
   alias: RouteRecordMatcher[]
+  // defined when sort cache is present
+  cacheKey?: string
+}
+
+export function createRouteRecordCacheKey(record: Readonly<RouteRecord>) {
+  return String(record?.name) + '___' + record.path
 }
 
 export function createRouteRecordMatcher(
@@ -43,6 +49,10 @@ export function createRouteRecordMatcher(
     alias: [],
   })
 
+  if (options?.sortCache) {
+    matcher.cacheKey = createRouteRecordCacheKey(record)
+  }
+
   if (parent) {
     // both are aliases or both are not aliases
     // we don't want to mix them because the order is used when
diff --git a/packages/router/src/matcher/pathParserRanker.ts b/packages/router/src/matcher/pathParserRanker.ts
index 670013794..42946bc23 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/matcher/pathParserRanker.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/matcher/pathParserRanker.ts
@@ -79,17 +79,28 @@ export interface _PathParserOptions {
    * @defaultValue `true`
    */
   end?: boolean
+
+  /**
+   * A precomputed object that maps matchers to its sorted index
+   *
+   * @internal
+   * @defaultValue `undefined`
+   */
+  sortCache?: Record<string, number>
 }
 
 export type PathParserOptions = Pick<
   _PathParserOptions,
-  'end' | 'sensitive' | 'strict'
+  'end' | 'sensitive' | 'strict' | 'sortCache'
 >
 
 // default pattern for a param: non-greedy everything but /
 const BASE_PARAM_PATTERN = '[^/]+?'
 
-const BASE_PATH_PARSER_OPTIONS: Required<_PathParserOptions> = {
+const BASE_PATH_PARSER_OPTIONS: Omit<
+  Required<_PathParserOptions>,
+  'sortCache'
+> = {
   sensitive: false,
   strict: false,
   start: true,