// C++ includes used for precompiling -*- C++ -*-

// Copyright (C) 2003-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
//
// This file is part of the GNU ISO C++ Library.  This library is free
// software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
// terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
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// any later version.

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// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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// Under Section 7 of GPL version 3, you are granted additional
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// 3.1, as published by the Free Software Foundation.

// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License and
// a copy of the GCC Runtime Library Exception along with this program;
// see the files COPYING3 and COPYING.RUNTIME respectively.  If not, see
// <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

/** @file stdc++.h
 *  This is an implementation file for a precompiled header.
 */

// 17.4.1.2 Headers

// C
//デバッグ用オプション：-fsanitize=undefined,address

//コンパイラ最適化
#pragma GCC optimize("Ofast")
#ifndef _GLIBCXX_NO_ASSERT
#include <cassert>
#endif
#include <cctype>
#include <cerrno>
#include <cfloat>
#include <ciso646>
#include <climits>
#include <clocale>
#include <cmath>
#include <csetjmp>
#include <csignal>
#include <cstdarg>
#include <cstddef>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>
#include <ctime>

#if __cplusplus >= 201103L
#include <ccomplex>
#include <cfenv>
#include <cinttypes>
#include <cstdbool>
#include <cstdint>
#include <ctgmath>
#include <cwchar>
#include <cwctype>
#endif

// C++
#include <algorithm>
#include <bitset>
#include <complex>
#include <deque>
#include <exception>
#include <fstream>
#include <functional>
#include <iomanip>
#include <ios>
#include <iosfwd>
#include <iostream>
#include <istream>
#include <iterator>
#include <limits>
#include <list>
#include <locale>
#include <map>
#include <memory>
#include <new>
#include <numeric>
#include <ostream>
#include <queue>
#include <set>
#include <sstream>
#include <stack>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <streambuf>
#include <string>
#include <typeinfo>
#include <utility>
#include <valarray>
#include <vector>

#if __cplusplus >= 201103L
#include <array>
#include <atomic>
#include <chrono>
#include <condition_variable>
#include <forward_list>
#include <future>
#include <initializer_list>
#include <mutex>
#include <random>
#include <ratio>
#include <regex>
#include <scoped_allocator>
#include <system_error>
#include <thread>
#include <tuple>
#include <typeindex>
#include <type_traits>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <unordered_set>
#endif

/*全てのライブラリをインクルード*/
using namespace std;
using ll = long long;
//マクロ
//forループ
//引数は、(ループ内変数,動く範囲)か(ループ内変数,始めの数,終わりの数)、のどちらか
//Dがついてないものはループ変数は1ずつインクリメントされ、Dがついてるものはループ変数は1ずつデクリメントされる
//FORAは範囲for文(使いにくかったら消す)
#define rep(i,n) for(ll i=0;i<ll(n);i++)
#define REPD(i,n) for(ll i=n-1;i>=0;i--)
#define FOR(i,a,b) for(ll i=a;i<=ll(b);i++)
#define FORD(i,a,b) for(ll i=a;i>=ll(b);i--)
#define FORA(i,I) for(const auto& i:I)
//xにはvectorなどのコンテナ
#define ALL(x) x.begin(),x.end() 
#define SIZE(x) ll(x.size()) 
//定数
#define INF 1000000000000 //10^12:∞
#define MOD 1000000007 //10^9+7:合同式の法
#define MAXR 100000 //10^5:配列の最大のrange
//略記
#define PB push_back //挿入
#define MP make_pair //pairのコンストラクタ
#define F first //pairの一つ目の要素
#define S second //pairの二つ目の要素

signed main(){
    //入力の高速化用のコード
    //ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    //cin.tie(nullptr);

    int n;
    cin>>n;
    int h[n+1];
    h[0]=0;
    rep(i,n){
        cin>>h[i+1];
    }
    int dp[n+1];
    dp[0]=0;
    dp[1]=0;
    for(int i=2;i<=n;i++){
        if(i-2>=1){
            dp[i]=min(dp[i-1]+abs(h[i-1]-h[i]),dp[i-2]+abs(h[i-2]-h[i]));
        }
        else dp[i]=dp[i-1]+abs(h[i-1]-h[i]);
    }
    cout<<dp[n]<<endl;
    
    return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 4344