It looks to me like, and I’m probably wrong, I usually am, that your egg is not completely covered in the boiling water?
the entire thing hinges on the rate of how fast the heat penetrates the egg from outside to inside.
too fast you get rubbery whites for a runny yolk.
too slow you get over done yolks with uncongealed whites.
the trick is the egg starting temp and time - as the boiling point of water (and steam) are the same / / / given altitude / / /
if you are doing soft/hard boiled eggs in a mobile camper - anywhere from sea level to 2500 meters . . . that will be a data keeping challenge. can be done, you just have to know how high you are (see “smart phone”)
I’ve done Fruehstueck with soft eggs, brotchen, etc, , , for many years in many hotels and Zimmer Frei situations - so this is not an impossible mission…
The link below mentions cooking the eggs for 4 minutes and 5 minutes for a large egg.
Of couse that depends on how many eggs you are cooking.
I refrigerate my eggs but did come across this resource and thought that it might be helpful to you.
https://blvdbakery.com/baking/best-answer-how-do-you-soft-boil-an-egg-from-room-temperature.html
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Thx! Usually only two at a time.
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I’m currently in Berlin & usually not very high at that hour 
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No, just an inch following @Saregama’s method.
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EUREKA!!! Believe it or not, but today was the day 
I give you The Eternally Elusive, But Finally Perfected Soft-Boiled Egg:
The method, you ask? Dropping refrigerated eggs in boiling water for 6 minutes.
Of all the people I’ve asked, the unlikeliest person I would ever turn to for cooking advice aka my sister suggested this, and it’s a winner. Halle-freakin-lujah. Guess I’ll be refrigerating our eggs from now on.
Thank you all for your input. I’m happy as a queen <3
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Congrats!
I use a heat sensitive timer. Still need to adjust the length of time depending on the size of the eggs. The colour changes. I usually take eggs out when the white border reaches (almost) half way between soft and medium.
Looks like this one (photos lifted from webz):
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Cool gadget! And you find it pretty reliable? I may get one of those…
Woo hoo! Congrats on your victory! 
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It was an eggcellent party here 
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Yeah, it works for me. I can’t be arsed to cook eggs to perfection. I’m horrible at it.
As mentioned previously, still need time adjustment depending on size of eggs. Oh, I also slip them into a pot of cold tap water for 5 minutes. Also note that I don’t peel the eggs. Simply slice them right in half with a knife and scoop out the whole halves with a soup spoon in one go.
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