I noticed when trying to break in 12.75"+ gloves for slowpitch, it's harder to round the base of the fingers for a bowl shape for an IF shape.  I realized it is because the middle finger lacing usually found in 12.5"+ gloves for structural support.  They are preventing base finger rounding unless you undo those laces first and retie them after you shape the glove.  

That got me to thinking which style of middle finger lacing is preferred?  There are certainly quite a few ways to do it and I thought of a new hybrid way as well. 

The straight loop (1799) - goes across the fingers in a straight run from the pinky up to the index and back to the pinky

The half loop (1810) - starts at the middle finger to the index and then ends at the middle finger.  I think this one allows for more shaping flexibility.

The X loop (found mostly on Marucci gloves) - same as the straight loop but you crisscross at each finger.

The Japanese loop - found mostly in Japanese gloves, the lacing comes from the finger tip lacing, comes down to the middle of the fingers and then loops back up only between the index and middle fingers.

Full run Japanese loop - a theoretical one I thought up of where you do the Japanese loop but for all the fingers.

X hybrid loop  - mix of straight and x loop.  starts off straight but has a single X loop between the index and middle fingers.

  
What do you guys prefer?

Middle finger lacing for OF/larger gloves