#include<bits/stdc++.h>


using namespace std;
#define IOS { ios :: sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0); }

typedef unsigned long long ull;
typedef long long int ll;
typedef long double ld;
#define REP(i,a,b) for(ll i=a;i<=b;++i)
#define REV(i,a,b) for(ll i=a;i>=b;i--)
#define pll pair<ll,ll>
#define vll vector<ll>
#define sll set<ll>
#define vpll vector<pll>
#define F first
#define S second
#define PB push_back
#define MP make_pair
#define min_pq priority_queue <ll, vector<ll>, greater<ll> >
#define max_pq priority_queue <ll>
#define deci(n) fixed << setprecision(n)
#define INF 1e18

ll mod=1000000007;
////__RANGE__UPDATE___///
vector<ll> initializeDiffArray(vector<ll>& A);
void update(vector<ll>& D, ll l, ll r, ll x);
void getArray(vector<ll>& A, vector<ll>& D);
////__RANGE__UPDATE___///
ll min(ll a,ll b);
ll max(ll a,ll b);
ll gcd(ll a, ll b);
void swap(ll *a,ll *b);
ll lcm(ll a, ll b);
ll modpower(ll x, ll y, ll p);

//Only for integer y's
ll power(ll x, ll y);
ll modulo( ll value, ll m);
ll myXOR(ll x, ll y) ;
ll diff(ll a,ll b);

int main()
{
  IOS;
  /*  #ifdef DEBUG
    freopen("std.in", "r", stdin);
    freopen("std.out", "w", stdout);
    #else
    freopen("input.txt", "r", stdin);
    freopen("output.txt", "w", stdout);
    #endif */
    ll rep=1;

//cin>>rep;
    while(rep--)
    {
        ll n;cin>>n;
        ll h[n+1];REP(i,1,n)cin>>h[i];

        if(n==2)
        {
            cout<<diff(h[2],h[1])<<'\n';
        }
        else
        {
            ll dp[n+1];
            dp[1]=0;
            dp[2] = diff(h[2],h[1]);
            dp[3] = diff(h[1],h[3]);
            REP(i,4,n)
            {
                dp[i] = min(dp[i-2]+diff(h[i],h[i-2]),dp[i-1]+diff(h[i],h[i-1]));

            }
            cout<<dp[n]<<' ';

        }


    }   

    
}






ll myXOR(ll x, ll y)
{
   return (x | y) & (~x | ~y);
}

ll min(ll a,ll b)
{
  if(a>b)
  return b;
  return a;
}

ll max(ll a,ll b)
{
  if(a<b)
  return b;
  return a;
}

ll gcd(ll a, ll b)
{
    if (a == 0)
        return b;
    return gcd(b % a, a);
}

ll diff(ll a,ll b)
{
  if(a>b)
  return a-b;
  return b-a;
}

void swap(ll *a,ll *b)
{
  ll t=*a;
  *a=*b;
  *b=t;
}

ll lcm(ll a, ll b)
{
    if(a==0)
    return b;
    if(b==0)
    return a;
    return (a*b)/gcd(a, b);
}

ll modpower(ll x, ll y, ll p)
{
    ll res = 1;      // Initialize result

    x = x % p;  // Update x if it is more than or
                // equal to p

    while (y > 0)
    {
        // If y is odd, multiply x with result
        if (y & 1)
            res = (res*x) % p;

        // y must be even now
        y = y>>1; // y = y/2
        x = (x*x) % p;
    }
    return res;
}

ll power(ll x, ll y)
{
    ll temp;
    if( y == 0)
        return 1;
    temp = power(x, y/2);
    if (y%2 == 0)
        return temp*temp;
    else
        return x*temp*temp;
}

ll modulo( ll value, ll m)
{
    ll mod = value % m;
    if (value < 0) {
        mod += m;
    }
    return mod;
}

vector<ll> initializeDiffArray(vector<ll>& A)
{
    ll n = A.size();

    // We use one extra space because
    // update(l, r, x) updates D[r+1]
    vector<ll> D(n + 1);

    D[0] = A[0], D[n] = 0;
    for (ll i = 1; i < n; i++)
        D[i] = A[i] - A[i - 1];
    return D;
}

// Does range update
void update(vector<ll>& D, ll l, ll r, ll x)
{
    D[l] += x;
    D[r + 1] -= x;
}

// Prints updated Array
void getArray(vector<ll>& A, vector<ll>& D)
{
    for (ll i = 0; i < A.size(); i++) {
        if (i == 0)
            A[i] = D[i];

        // Note that A[0] or D[0] decides
        // values of rest of the elements.
        else
            A[i] = D[i] + A[i - 1];
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 1792