I have notice a theme in most noobs Donkey Kong 3 playing. They seem to almost always go for time, and time again after the super spray on the blue or gray board. To them they for whatever reason think the super spray is an easy shortcut to pass the blue or gray board. What happens more often than not, they end up losing a ton of lives during the game going after the super spray on these boards.
If they simply could hold off on getting the super spray till the gold board, they'd be good as gold. Instead they go for broke and usually pay for it with their lives over, and over again.