#include<bits/stdc++.h>
///...................................*****.................................................///
///        Author :  Raihan Khan Raka  ( raihankhanraka@gmail.com )                         ///
///                  Department of Computer Science                                         ///
///                  & Engineering                                                          ///
///                  Comilla University , Bangladesh.                                       ///
///...................................*****.................................................///

/*....................................Values................................................*/
#define       p5                   100007
#define       p6                   1000007
#define       PI                   acos(-1)
#define       M                    1000000007
#define       inf                  1LL << 62
#define       white                0
#define       gray                 1
#define       black                2
/*....................................Functions.............................................*/
#define       sqr(x)               x*x
#define       sc                   scanf
#define       pf                   printf
#define       pfn                  printf("\n)
#define       scin(x)              sc("%d",&(x))
#define       scin2(xx,zz)         scanf("%d %d",&xx,&zz)
#define       scln(x)              sc("%lld",&(x))
#define       scln2(xx,zz)         scanf("%lld %lld",&xx,&zz)
#define       min3(a,b,c)          min(a,min(b,c))
#define       max3(a,b,c)          max(a,max(b,c))
#define       all(v)               v.begin(), v.end()
#define       ok                   cout << "ok" << endl
#define       mem(x,y)             memset(x,y,sizeof(x))
#define       clr(a)               a.clear()
#define       READ(f)              freopen(f, "r", stdin)
#define       WRITE(f)             freopen(f, "w", stdout)

/*...................................Data_Types............................................*/
#define       lli                  long long int
#define       ull                  unsigned long long int
#define       pii                  pair < int, int>
#define       pll                  pair < ll, ll>
#define       veci                 vector<int>
#define       vecl                 vector<long long int>
#define       vecp                 vector<  pair<int,int> >
#define       mapstrint            map< string , int >
#define       mapstrstr            map< string , string >
#define       mapint               map< int, int >
#define       uset                 unordered_set
#define       umap                 unordered_map
#define       pq                   priority_queue

#define       pb                   push_back
#define       mp                   make_pair
#define       ff                   first
#define       ss                   second

/*.....................................Loops...............................................*/
#define       rep( i , a , b )     for( i=a ; i<b ; i++)
#define       rev( i , a , b )     for( i=a ; i>=b ; i--)
#define       repx( i ,a,b, x)     for( i=a ; i<b ; i+=x)

#define       IOS             ios::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0);


//int month[]={31,28,31,30,31,30,31,31,30,31,30,31};
//long power(long int x, long int y){ int temp; if( y == 0) return 1; temp = power(x, y/2); if (y%2 == 0) return temp*temp; else return x*temp*temp; }
/*lli gcd(lli x,lli y)
{
    if(x==0) return y;
    return gcd(y%x,x);
}
lli bigmod(lli n, lli k)
{
    lli ans=1;
    while(k)
    {
        if(k&1)
            ans=(ans*n)%M;
        k=k>>1;
        n=(n*n)%M;
    }

    return ans;
}
*/
/*
int dx4[5] = {1, -1, 0, 0 };
int dy4[5] = {0, 0, 1, -1};
int dx8[9] = { 0 , 0 , -1 , 1 , -1 , -1 , 1 , 1 } ;
int dy8[9] = { -1 , 1 , 0 , 0 , -1 , 1 , -1 , 1 } ;

int knightx[9] = { -1 , 1 , -2 , 2 , -2 , 2 , -1 , 1 } ;
int knighty[9] = { -2 , -2 , -1 , -1 , 1 , 1 , 2 , 2 } ;

bool valid( int r , int c , int x , int y ){ if( x >= 1 && x <= r && y >= 1 && y <= c ) return 1 ; return 0 ; }
*/

using namespace std;

int main()
{
   lli n,m,i,dp[p5],h[p5];

   scln(n);

   rep(i , 0 , n)
   scln(h[i]),dp[i]=inf;
   dp[0]=0;
   rep(i , 0 , n)
   {
       if(i+1<n) dp[i+1]=min(dp[i+1] , dp[i]+ abs(h[i]-h[i+1]));
       if(i+2<n) dp[i+2]=min(dp[i+2] , dp[i]+ abs(h[i]-h[i+2]));
   }

   pf("%lld\n",dp[n-1]);


#ifdef HOME
    cerr << "Time elapsed: " << clock() / 1000 << " ms" << endl;
#endif
    return 0;
}



Measured memory_bytes: 1792