In [364]: df.sort_values(['id','t'], ascending=[1,0])
Out[364]:
id t metric_1 metric_2 metric_3
4 0 90 13.333 61.993 0.017871
3 0 89 13.333 61.998 0.017746
2 0 88 13.333 61.992 0.017711
1 0 87 13.333 61.993 0.017569
0 0 86 13.333 61.989 0.017444
9 1 90 33.333 61.736 0.030689
8 1 89 26.667 61.802 0.025995
7 1 88 20.000 61.864 0.022475
6 1 87 20.000 61.913 0.020058
5 1 86 13.333 61.964 0.018511