Lacing architecture for automated footwear platform

A footwear assembly comprising:

• a footwear upper including a toe box portion, an open central portion, a medial side, a lateral side, and a heel portion, the medial side and the lateral side each extending proximally from the toe box portion to a heel portion on either side of the open central portion;
• a lace cable with a first end anchored along a distal outside portion of the medial side and a second end anchored along a distal outside portion of the lateral side;
• a plurality of lace guides distributed along the medial side and the lateral side, each lace guide of the plurality of lace guides adapted to receive a length of the lace cable, wherein the lace cable extends through each of the plurality of lace guides to form a pattern along each of the medial side and lateral side of the footwear upper;
• a reinforcement fabric coupling at least one medial side lace guide with a corresponding lateral side lace guide across the open central portion;
• a medial proximal lace guide routing the lace cable from the pattern formed by a medial portion of the plurality of lace guides into a position allowing the lace cable to engage a lacing engine disposed within a mid-sole portion;
• and
• a lateral proximal lace guide to route the lace cable out of the position allowing the lace cable to engage the lacing engine into the pattern formed by a lateral portion of the plurality of lace guides.