#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef vector<ll> vl;
typedef vector<vi> vvi;
typedef vector<vl> vvl;
typedef pair<int,int> pii;
typedef pair<double, double> pdd;
typedef pair<ll, ll> pll;
typedef vector<pii> vii;
typedef vector<pll> vll;
typedef double dl;

#define pb push_back
#define f first
#define s second
#define mp make_pair
#define endl '\n'
#define all(a) (a).begin(),(a).end()
#define sz(x) (int)x.size()
#define mid(l,r) ((r+l)/2)
#define left(node) (node*2)
#define right(node) (node*2+1)
#define mx_int_prime 999999937

const double PI = acos(-1);
const double eps = 1e-9;
const int inf = 2000000000;
const ll infLL = 9000000000000000000;
#define MOD 1000000007

#define mem(a,b) memset(a, b, sizeof(a) )
#define gcd(a,b) __gcd(a,b)
#define sqr(a) ((a) * (a))

#define optimize() ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);cin.tie(0);cout.tie(0);
#define fraction() cout.unsetf(ios::floatfield); cout.precision(10); cout.setf(ios::fixed,ios::floatfield);
#define file() freopen("input.txt","r",stdin)

typedef vector<int>::iterator vit;
typedef set<int>::iterator sit;


int dx[] = {0, 0, +1, -1};
int dy[] = {+1, -1, 0, 0};
//int dx[] = {+1, 0, -1, 0, +1, +1, -1, -1};
//int dy[] = {0, +1, 0, -1, +1, -1, +1, -1};



template < typename F, typename S >
ostream& operator << ( ostream& os, const pair< F, S > & p ) {
            return os << "(" << p.first << ", " << p.second << ")";
}

template < typename T >
ostream &operator << ( ostream & os, const vector< T > &v ) {
            os << "{";
                for(auto it = v.begin(); it != v.end(); ++it) {
                                if( it != v.begin() ) os << ", ";
                                        os << *it;
                                            }
                    return os << "}";
}

template < typename T >
ostream &operator << ( ostream & os, const set< T > &v ) {
            os << "[";
                for(auto it = v.begin(); it != v.end(); ++it) {
                                if( it != v.begin() ) os << ", ";
                                        os << *it;
                                            }
                    return os << "]";
}

template < typename T >
ostream &operator << ( ostream & os, const multiset< T > &v ) {
            os << "[";
                for(auto it = v.begin(); it != v.end(); ++it) {
                                if( it != v.begin() ) os << ", ";
                                        os << *it;
                                            }
                    return os << "]";
}

template < typename F, typename S >
ostream &operator << ( ostream & os, const map< F, S > &v ) {
            os << "[";
                for(auto it = v.begin(); it != v.end(); ++it) {
                                if( it != v.begin() ) os << ", ";
                                        os << it -> first << " = " << it -> second ;
                                            }
                    return os << "]";
}

#define dbg(args...) do {cerr << #args << " : "; faltu(args); } while(0)

void faltu () {
            cerr << endl;
}

template <typename T>
void faltu( T a[], int n ) {
            for(int i = 0; i < n; ++i) cerr << a[i] << ' ';
                cerr << endl;
}

template <typename T, typename ... hello>
void faltu( T arg, const hello &... rest) {
            cerr << arg << ' ';
                faltu(rest...);
}
const int mx=1e5+123;
int h[mx],dp[mx];
int n;

int solve(int i)
{
    if(i==n) return 0;
    if(dp[i]!=-1) return dp[i];
    int ret1=2e9,ret2=2e9;
    if(i+1<=n) ret1=abs(h[i]-h[i+1])+solve(i+1);
    if(i+2<=n) ret2=abs(h[i]-h[i+2])+solve(i+2);


    dp[i]=min(ret1,ret2);
    return dp[i];

}

int main()
{
    optimize();
    cin>>n;
    for(int i=1;i<=n;i++){
        cin>>h[i];
    }
    mem(dp,-1);
    cout<<solve(1)<<endl;

    return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 9048