diff --git a/src/algorithms/lcs.rs b/src/algorithms/lcs.rs
index b6f5d60..8dd7fe9 100644
--- a/src/algorithms/lcs.rs
+++ b/src/algorithms/lcs.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 //!
 //! * time: `O((NM)D log (M)D)`
 //! * space `O(MN)`
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::ops::{Index, Range};
 
 use crate::algorithms::DiffHook;
@@ -66,7 +67,9 @@ where
             d.equal(old_orig_idx, new_orig_idx, 1)?;
             old_idx += 1;
             new_idx += 1;
-        } else if table[new_idx][old_idx + 1] >= table[new_idx + 1][old_idx] {
+        } else if table.get(&(new_idx, old_idx + 1)).map_or(0, |&x| x)
+            >= table.get(&(new_idx + 1, old_idx)).map_or(0, |&x| x)
+        {
             d.delete(old_orig_idx, 1, new_orig_idx)?;
             old_idx += 1;
         } else {
@@ -117,7 +120,7 @@ fn make_table<Old, New>(
     old_range: Range<usize>,
     new: &New,
     new_range: Range<usize>,
-) -> Vec<Vec<u32>>
+) -> BTreeMap<(usize, usize), u32>
 where
     Old: Index<usize> + ?Sized,
     New: Index<usize> + ?Sized,
@@ -125,17 +128,20 @@ where
 {
     let old_len = old_range.len();
     let new_len = new_range.len();
-    let mut table = vec![vec![0; old_len + 1]; new_len + 1];
+    let mut table = BTreeMap::new();
 
-    for i in 0..new_len {
-        let i = new_len - i - 1;
-        table[i][old_len] = 0;
-        for j in 0..old_len {
-            let j = old_len - j - 1;
-            table[i][j] = if new[i] == old[j] {
-                table[i + 1][j + 1] + 1
+    for i in (0..new_len).rev() {
+        for j in (0..old_len).rev() {
+            let val = if new[i] == old[j] {
+                table.get(&(i + 1, j + 1)).map_or(0, |&x| x) + 1
             } else {
-                table[i + 1][j].max(table[i][j + 1])
+                table
+                    .get(&(i + 1, j))
+                    .map_or(0, |&x| x)
+                    .max(table.get(&(i, j + 1)).map_or(0, |&x| x))
+            };
+            if val > 0 {
+                table.insert((i, j), val);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -146,7 +152,13 @@ where
 #[test]
 fn test_table() {
     let table = make_table(&vec![2, 3], 0..2, &vec![0, 1, 2], 0..3);
-    let expected = vec![vec![1, 0, 0], vec![1, 0, 0], vec![1, 0, 0], vec![0, 0, 0]];
+    let expected = {
+        let mut m = BTreeMap::new();
+        m.insert((1, 0), 1);
+        m.insert((0, 0), 1);
+        m.insert((2, 0), 1);
+        m
+    };
     assert_eq!(table, expected);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/text/inline.rs b/src/text/inline.rs
index cfedd21..7453990 100644
--- a/src/text/inline.rs
+++ b/src/text/inline.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ use crate::{capture_diff, get_diff_ratio};
 
 use std::ops::Index;
 
+use super::utils::upper_seq_ratio;
+
 struct MultiLookup<'bufs, 's, T: DiffableStr + ?Sized> {
     strings: &'bufs [&'s T],
     seqs: Vec<(&'s T, usize, usize)>,
@@ -184,6 +186,8 @@ impl<'s, T: DiffableStr + ?Sized> fmt::Display for InlineChange<'s, T> {
     }
 }
 
+const MIN_RATIO: f32 = 0.5;
+
 pub(crate) fn iter_inline_changes<'x, 'diff, 'old, 'new, 'bufs, T>(
     diff: &'diff TextDiff<'old, 'new, 'bufs, T>,
     op: &DiffOp,
@@ -204,6 +208,11 @@ where
     let mut new_index = new_range.start;
     let old_slices = &diff.old_slices()[old_range];
     let new_slices = &diff.new_slices()[new_range];
+
+    if upper_seq_ratio(old_slices, new_slices) < MIN_RATIO {
+        return Box::new(diff.iter_changes(op).map(|x| x.into())) as Box<dyn Iterator<Item = _>>;
+    }
+
     let old_lookup = MultiLookup::new(old_slices);
     let new_lookup = MultiLookup::new(new_slices);
 
@@ -215,7 +224,7 @@ where
         0..new_lookup.len(),
     );
 
-    if get_diff_ratio(&ops, old_lookup.len(), new_lookup.len()) < 0.5 {
+    if get_diff_ratio(&ops, old_lookup.len(), new_lookup.len()) < MIN_RATIO {
         return Box::new(diff.iter_changes(op).map(|x| x.into())) as Box<dyn Iterator<Item = _>>;
     }