//优先队列方法
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#define maxn 100005
using namespace std;
int main () {
int n;
long long ans = 0;
int a[maxn],b[maxn]={0};
cin >> n;
for (int i=0;i<n;i++) {
cin >> a[i];
}
sort (a,a+n);
a[n] = 999999999;
a[n+1] = 999999999;
int fa=0,fb=0,ok,pos_b=0,sum;
for (int i=0;i<n-1;i++) {
sum = a[fa] + a[fa+1]; ok = 1;
if (a[fa] + b [fb] < sum && b[fb]) {ok = 2;sum = a[fa] + b[fb];}
if (b[fb] + b[fb+1] < sum && b[fb] && b[fb+1]) {ok = 3;sum = b[fb] + b[fb+1];}
b[pos_b++] = sum;
switch (ok) {
case 1: fa += 2; break;
case 2: fa++;fb++; break;
case 3: fb +=2; break;
}
ans += sum;
}
cout << ans << endl;
}