use std::cmp::*;

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! input {
    (source = $s:expr, $($r:tt)*) => {
        let mut iter = $s.split_whitespace();
        let mut next = || { iter.next().unwrap() };
        input_inner!{next, $($r)*}
    };
    ($($r:tt)*) => {
        let stdin = std::io::stdin();
        let mut bytes = std::io::Read::bytes(std::io::BufReader::new(stdin.lock()));
        let mut next = move || -> String{
            bytes
                .by_ref()
                .map(|r|r.unwrap() as char)
                .skip_while(|c|c.is_whitespace())
                .take_while(|c|!c.is_whitespace())
                .collect()
        };
        input_inner!{next, $($r)*}
    };
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! input_inner {
    ($next:expr) => {};
    ($next:expr, ) => {};

    ($next:expr, $var:ident : $t:tt $($r:tt)*) => {
        let $var = read_value!($next, $t);
        input_inner!{$next $($r)*}
    };
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! read_value {
    ($next:expr, ( $($t:tt),* )) => {
        ( $(read_value!($next, $t)),* )
    };

    ($next:expr, [ $t:tt ; $len:expr ]) => {
        (0..$len).map(|_| read_value!($next, $t)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
    };

    ($next:expr, chars) => {
        read_value!($next, String).chars().collect::<Vec<char>>()
    };

    ($next:expr, usize1) => {
        read_value!($next, usize) - 1
    };

    ($next:expr, $t:ty) => {
        $next().parse::<$t>().expect("Parse error")
    };
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! debug {
    ($($a:expr),*) => {
        eprintln!(concat!($(stringify!($a), " = {:?}, "),*), $($a),*);
    }
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! max {
    ($x:expr) => {
      $x
    };
    ($x:expr, $($xs:tt)+) => {
      max($x,max!($($xs)+))
    };
  }

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! min {
    ($x:expr) => {
      $x
    };
    ($x:expr, $($xs:tt)+) => {
      min($x,min!($($xs)+))
    };
  }

use std::ascii::AsciiExt;
use std::collections::HashMap;
use std::collections::VecDeque;
use std::io::Write;
use std::iter::Iterator;

#[derive(PartialEq, Debug, Clone)]
pub struct UnionFindNode {
    pub par: usize,
    pub rank: usize,
}

#[derive(PartialEq, Debug, Clone)]
pub struct UnionFind(pub Vec<UnionFindNode>);

impl UnionFind {
    //初期化
    pub fn new(size: usize) -> UnionFind {
        let mut vec = Vec::new();
        for i in 0..size {
            vec.push(UnionFindNode { par: i, rank: 0 });
        }

        UnionFind(vec)
    }

    //根を求める
    pub fn find(&mut self, x: usize) -> usize {
        if self.0[x].par == x {
            x
        } else {
            let par = self.0[x].par;
            let v = self.find(par);
            self.0[x].par = v;
            v
        }
    }

    //xとyの集合を併合
    pub fn unite(&mut self, x: usize, y: usize) {
        let x = self.find(x);
        let y = self.find(y);
        if x == y {
            return;
        }

        if self.0[x].rank < self.0[y].rank {
            self.0[x].par = y;
        } else {
            self.0[y].par = x;
            if self.0[x].rank == self.0[y].rank {
                self.0[x].rank += 1;
            }
        }
    }

    //xとyが同じ集合に属するか
    pub fn same(&mut self, x: usize, y: usize) -> bool {
        self.find(x) == self.find(y)
    }
}

fn main() {
    input! {
        n:usize,
        h:[i64; n],
    }

    let mut dp = vec![std::i64::MAX; n + 5];

    dp[0] = 0;
    for i in 0..n {
        if i + 1 < n {
            dp[i + 1] = min!(dp[i + 1], dp[i] + (h[i] - h[i + 1]).abs());
        }
        if i + 2 < n {
            dp[i + 2] = min!(dp[i + 2], dp[i] + (h[i] - h[i + 2]).abs());
        }
    }

    println!("{}", dp[n - 1]);
}


Measured memory_bytes: 6396