I was winning when I last looked and when the initial results came up but then ended fourth. If I had waited and lurked towards the bottom of the leaderboard I would have got more points on the spins and saved my feeding to the end and boosted it so quite likely finished higher. Am I competitive or single minded enough to do that? No. would I enjoy the game more? No.
Just play the game how you like and don’t worry about other people.