import java.util.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.math.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Arrays; 
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
import java.lang.Math;
import java.util.Iterator; 
import java.util.TreeSet;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.util.*;
class Main{
	public static PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter (new BufferedOutputStream(System.out));
	static long MOD = (long)(1e9+7);
	static FastReader sc = new FastReader();
	static int pInf = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
	static int nInf = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
	public static void main(String[] args){
		int test = 1;
		//test = sc.nextInt();
		while(test-->0){
			int n = sc.nextInt();
			int[] a = new int[n];
			for(int i  = 0; i < n; i++) {
				a[i] = sc.nextInt();
			}
			int[] f = new int[n];
			f[0] = 0;
			f[1] = Math.abs(a[1]-a[0]);
			for(int i = 2; i < n; i++) {
				f[i] = Math.min(Math.abs(a[i]-a[i-2])+f[i-2],Math.abs(a[i]-a[i-1])+f[i-1]);
			}
			out.print(f[n-1]);
		}
		out.close();
	}
	public static long mul(long a, long b){
	    return ((a%MOD)*(b%MOD))%MOD;
	}
	public static long add(long a, long b){
	    return ((a%MOD)+(b%MOD))%MOD;
	}
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//Integer.lowestOneBit(i)   Equals k where k is the position of the first one in the binary
//Integer.highestOneBit(i)  Equals k where k is the position of the last one in the binary
//Integer.bitCount(i)       returns the number of one-bits
//Collections.sort(A,(p1,p2)->(int)(p2.x-p1.x)) To sort ArrayList in descending order wrt values of x.
//            Arrays.parallelSort(a,new Comparator<TPair>() {
//      		public int compare(TPair a,TPair b) {
//        			if(a.y==b.y) return a.x-b.x;
//        			return b.y-a.y;
//        		}
//        	});
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//PrimeFactors    
    public static ArrayList<Long> primeFactors(long n) {
        ArrayList<Long> arr = new ArrayList<>();
        if (n % 2 == 0)
            arr.add((long) 2);
        while (n % 2 == 0)
            n /= 2;
        for (long i = 3; i <= Math.sqrt(n); i += 2) {
            int flag = 0;
            while (n % i == 0) {
                n /= i;
                flag = 1;
            }
            if (flag == 1)
                arr.add(i);
        }
        if (n > 2)
            arr.add(n);
        return arr;
    }
//Pair Class
	static class Pair implements Comparable<Pair>{
		int x;
		int y;
		public Pair(int x, int y) {
			this.x = x;
			this.y = y;
		}
		@Override
		public int compareTo(Pair o) {
			if(this.x==o.x){
			    return (this.y-o.y);
			}
			return (this.x-o.x);
		}
	}
	static class TPair{
		int x;
		int y;
		int z;
		public TPair(int x, int y, int z) {
			this.x = x;
			this.y = y;
			this.z = z;
		}
	}
//Merge Sort
	static void merge(long arr[], int l, int m, int r)
    {
        // Find sizes of two subarrays to be merged
        int n1 = m - l + 1;
        int n2 = r - m;
 
        /* Create temp arrays */
        long L[] = new long [n1];
        long R[] = new long [n2];
 
        /*Copy data to temp arrays*/
        for (int i=0; i<n1; ++i)
            L[i] = arr[l + i];
        for (int j=0; j<n2; ++j)
            R[j] = arr[m + 1+ j];
 
 
        /* Merge the temp arrays */
 
        // Initial indexes of first and second subarrays
        int i = 0, j = 0;
 
        // Initial index of merged subarry array
        int k = l;
        while (i < n1 && j < n2)
        {
            if (L[i] <= R[j])
            {
                arr[k] = L[i];
                i++;
            }
            else
            {
                arr[k] = R[j];
                j++;
            }
            k++;
        }
 
        /* Copy remaining elements of L[] if any */
        while (i < n1)
        {
            arr[k] = L[i];
            i++;
            k++;
        }
 
        /* Copy remaining elements of R[] if any */
        while (j < n2)
        {
            arr[k] = R[j];
            j++;
            k++;
        }
    }
 
    // Main function that sorts arr[l..r] using
    // merge()
    static void sort(long arr[], int l, int r)
    {
        if (l < r)
        {
            // Find the middle point
            int m = (l+r)/2;
 
            // Sort first and second halves
            sort(arr, l, m);
            sort(arr , m+1, r);
 
            // Merge the sorted halves
            merge(arr, l, m, r);
        }
    }
//Brian Kernighan’s Algorithm
    static long countSetBits(long n){
        if(n==0) return 0;
        return 1+countSetBits(n&(n-1));
    }
//Factorial
    static long factorial(long n){
        if(n==1) return 1;
        if(n==2) return 2;
        if(n==3) return 6;
        return n*factorial(n-1);
    }
//Euclidean Algorithm
    static long gcd(long A,long B){
        if(B==0) return A;
        return gcd(B,A%B);
    }
//Modular Exponentiation
    static long fastExpo(long x,long n){
        if(n==0) return 1;
        if((n&1)==0) return fastExpo((x*x)%MOD,n/2)%MOD;
        return ((x%MOD)*fastExpo((x*x)%MOD,(n-1)/2))%MOD;
    }
//AKS Algorithm
    static boolean isPrime(long n){
        if(n<=1) return false;
        if(n<=3) return true;
        if(n%2==0 || n%3==0) return false;
        for(int i=5;i<=Math.sqrt(n);i+=6)
            if(n%i==0 || n%(i+2)==0) return false;
        return true;
    }
//Reverse an array
    static <T> void reverse(T arr[],int l,int r){
    	Collections.reverse(Arrays.asList(arr).subList(l, r));
    }
//Sieve of eratosthenes
    static int[] findPrimes(int n){
        boolean isPrime[]=new boolean[n+1];
        ArrayList<Integer> a=new ArrayList<>();
        int result[];
        Arrays.fill(isPrime,true);
        isPrime[0]=false;
        isPrime[1]=false;
        for(int i=2;i*i<=n;++i){
            if(isPrime[i]==true){
                for(int j=i*i;j<=n;j+=i) isPrime[j]=false;
            }
        }
        for(int i=0;i<=n;i++) if(isPrime[i]==true) a.add(i);
        result=new int[a.size()];
        for(int i=0;i<a.size();i++) result[i]=a.get(i);
        return result;
        
    }
//Euler Totent function
    static long countCoprimes(long n){
        ArrayList<Long> prime_factors=new ArrayList<>();
        long x=n,flag=0;
        while(x%2==0){
            if(flag==0) prime_factors.add(2L);
            flag=1;
            x/=2;
        }
        for(long i=3;i*i<=x;i+=2){
            flag=0;
            while(x%i==0){
                if(flag==0) prime_factors.add(i);
                flag=1;
                x/=i;
            }
        }
        if(x>2) prime_factors.add(x);
        double ans=(double)n;
        for(Long p:prime_factors){
            ans*=(1.0-(Double)1.0/p);
        }
        return (long)ans;
    }
	static long modulo = (long)1e9+7;
	public static long modinv(long x){
	    return modpow(x, modulo-2);
	}
	public static long modpow(long a, long b){
	    if(b==0){
	        return 1;
	    }
	    long x = modpow(a, b/2);
	    x = (x*x)%modulo;
	    if(b%2==1){
	        return (x*a)%modulo;
	    }
	    return x;
	}
	public static class FastReader {
		BufferedReader br;
		StringTokenizer st;
		//it reads the data about the specified point and divide the data about it ,it is quite fast
		//than using direct 

		public FastReader() {
			br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
		}

		String next() {
			while (st == null || !st.hasMoreTokens()) {
				try {
					st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
				} catch (Exception r) {
					r.printStackTrace();
				}
			}
			return st.nextToken();
		}

		int nextInt() {
			return Integer.parseInt(next());//converts string to integer
		}

		double nextDouble() {
			return Double.parseDouble(next());
		}

		long nextLong() {
			return Long.parseLong(next());
		}

		String nextLine() {
			String str = "";
			try {
				str = br.readLine();
			} catch (Exception r) {
				r.printStackTrace();
			}
			return str;
		}
	}
}

Measured memory_bytes: 42916