import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Main {
    static int N;
    static int[][] act;
    static int[][] dp;
    static int r;

    static int a = 0;
    static int b = 1;
    static int c = 2;

    // https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/fast-io-in-java-in-competitive-programming/
    static class Reader
    {
        final private int BUFFER_SIZE = 1 << 16;
        private DataInputStream din;
        private byte[] buffer;
        private int bufferPointer, bytesRead;

        public Reader()
        {
            din = new DataInputStream(System.in);
            buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
            bufferPointer = bytesRead = 0;
        }

        public Reader(String file_name) throws IOException
        {
            din = new DataInputStream(new FileInputStream(file_name));
            buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
            bufferPointer = bytesRead = 0;
        }

        public String readLine() throws IOException
        {
            byte[] buf = new byte[64]; // line length
            int cnt = 0, c;
            while ((c = read()) != -1)
            {
                if (c == '\n')
                    break;
                buf[cnt++] = (byte) c;
            }
            return new String(buf, 0, cnt);
        }

        public int nextInt() throws IOException
        {
            int ret = 0;
            byte c = read();
            while (c <= ' ')
                c = read();
            boolean neg = (c == '-');
            if (neg)
                c = read();
            do
            {
                ret = ret * 10 + c - '0';
            }  while ((c = read()) >= '0' && c <= '9');

            if (neg)
                return -ret;
            return ret;
        }

        public long nextLong() throws IOException
        {
            long ret = 0;
            byte c = read();
            while (c <= ' ')
                c = read();
            boolean neg = (c == '-');
            if (neg)
                c = read();
            do {
                ret = ret * 10 + c - '0';
            }
            while ((c = read()) >= '0' && c <= '9');
            if (neg)
                return -ret;
            return ret;
        }

        public double nextDouble() throws IOException
        {
            double ret = 0, div = 1;
            byte c = read();
            while (c <= ' ')
                c = read();
            boolean neg = (c == '-');
            if (neg)
                c = read();

            do {
                ret = ret * 10 + c - '0';
            }
            while ((c = read()) >= '0' && c <= '9');

            if (c == '.')
            {
                while ((c = read()) >= '0' && c <= '9')
                {
                    ret += (c - '0') / (div *= 10);
                }
            }

            if (neg)
                return -ret;
            return ret;
        }

        private void fillBuffer() throws IOException
        {
            bytesRead = din.read(buffer, bufferPointer = 0, BUFFER_SIZE);
            if (bytesRead == -1)
                buffer[0] = -1;
        }

        private byte read() throws IOException
        {
            if (bufferPointer == bytesRead)
                fillBuffer();
            return buffer[bufferPointer++];
        }

        public void close() throws IOException
        {
            if (din == null)
                return;
            din.close();
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        Reader sc = new Reader();
        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        N = sc.nextInt();
        act = new int[N+1][3];
        dp = new int[N+1][3];
        for(int i=1; i<=N; ++i) {
            act[i][a] = sc.nextInt();
            act[i][b] = sc.nextInt();
            act[i][c] = sc.nextInt();
        }

        for(int i=1; i<=N; ++i) {
            dp[i][a] = Math.max(dp[i-1][b], dp[i-1][c]) + act[i][a];
            dp[i][b] = Math.max(dp[i-1][a], dp[i-1][c]) + act[i][b];
            dp[i][c] = Math.max(dp[i-1][a], dp[i-1][b]) + act[i][c];
        }

        r = Math.max(dp[N][a], dp[N][b]);
        r = Math.max(r, dp[N][c]);

        pw.println(r);
        pw.close();
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 28116