#[doc = " https://github.com/hatoo/competitive-rust-snippets"]
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::cmp::{max, min, Ordering};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, BinaryHeap, HashMap, HashSet, VecDeque};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::io::{stdin, stdout, BufWriter, Write};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::iter::FromIterator;
mod util {
    use std::fmt::Debug;
    use std::io::{stdin, stdout, BufWriter, StdoutLock};
    use std::str::FromStr;
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    pub fn line() -> String {
        let mut line: String = String::new();
        stdin().read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
        line.trim().to_string()
    }
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    pub fn chars() -> Vec<char> {
        line().chars().collect()
    }
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    pub fn gets<T: FromStr>() -> Vec<T>
    where
        <T as FromStr>::Err: Debug,
    {
        let mut line: String = String::new();
        stdin().read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
        line.split_whitespace()
            .map(|t| t.parse().unwrap())
            .collect()
    }
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    pub fn with_bufwriter<F: FnOnce(BufWriter<StdoutLock>) -> ()>(f: F) {
        let out = stdout();
        let writer = BufWriter::new(out.lock());
        f(writer)
    }
}
#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules ! get { ( [ $ t : ty ] ) => { { let mut line : String = String :: new ( ) ; stdin ( ) . read_line ( & mut line ) . unwrap ( ) ; line . split_whitespace ( ) . map ( | t | t . parse ::<$ t > ( ) . unwrap ( ) ) . collect ::< Vec < _ >> ( ) } } ; ( [ $ t : ty ] ; $ n : expr ) => { ( 0 ..$ n ) . map ( | _ | get ! ( [ $ t ] ) ) . collect ::< Vec < _ >> ( ) } ; ( $ t : ty ) => { { let mut line : String = String :: new ( ) ; stdin ( ) . read_line ( & mut line ) . unwrap ( ) ; line . trim ( ) . parse ::<$ t > ( ) . unwrap ( ) } } ; ( $ ( $ t : ty ) ,* ) => { { let mut line : String = String :: new ( ) ; stdin ( ) . read_line ( & mut line ) . unwrap ( ) ; let mut iter = line . split_whitespace ( ) ; ( $ ( iter . next ( ) . unwrap ( ) . parse ::<$ t > ( ) . unwrap ( ) , ) * ) } } ; ( $ t : ty ; $ n : expr ) => { ( 0 ..$ n ) . map ( | _ | get ! ( $ t ) ) . collect ::< Vec < _ >> ( ) } ; ( $ ( $ t : ty ) ,*; $ n : expr ) => { ( 0 ..$ n ) . map ( | _ | get ! ( $ ( $ t ) ,* ) ) . collect ::< Vec < _ >> ( ) } ; }
#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules ! debug { ( $ ( $ a : expr ) ,* ) => { eprintln ! ( concat ! ( $ ( stringify ! ( $ a ) , " = {:?}, " ) ,* ) , $ ( $ a ) ,* ) ; } }
const BIG_STACK_SIZE: bool = true;
#[allow(dead_code)]
fn main() {
    use std::thread;
    if BIG_STACK_SIZE {
        thread::Builder::new()
            .stack_size(32 * 1024 * 1024)
            .name("solve".into())
            .spawn(solve)
            .unwrap()
            .join()
            .unwrap();
    } else {
        solve();
    }
}

fn rec(i: usize, hs: &[isize], memo: &mut [Option<isize>]) -> isize {
    if let Some(res) = memo[i] {
        return res;
    }

    if i == 0 {
        return 0;
    }

    if i == 1 {
        return rec(i - 1, hs, memo) + (hs[i] - hs[i - 1]).abs();
    }

    let res = min(
        rec(i - 1, hs, memo) + (hs[i] - hs[i - 1]).abs(),
        rec(i - 2, hs, memo) + (hs[i] - hs[i - 2]).abs(),
    );

    memo[i] = Some(res);
    res
}

fn solve() {
    let n = get!(usize);
    let hs = get!([isize]);

    let mut memo = vec![None; n];

    println!("{}", rec(n - 1, &hs, &mut memo));
}


Measured memory_bytes: 16764