Ok I know this isn't exactly what you asked for, but I tried a bunch of different layouts and this is what I settled on. I've found that as long as the buttons are close together it's all about personal feel. Everyone's got their own layout, and my reasoning is this: 1)I wanted something that was a good compromise between neogeo and capcom layouts 2) emphasis on neogeo games curvy layout 3)capcom must feel somewhat natural
wiring is like this:
456
1234 so there is minimal controller hassling. for 6 player games it switches to this:
123
4561 (uses SirP's buttonx.ini hack)
It's a decent compromise. Just something to consider.