import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;

public class Main {
	final static int MOD = 1000000007;
	final static int intMax = 1000000000;
	final static int intMin = -1000000000;
	final static int[] dx = { 0, 0, -1, 1 };
	final static int[] dy = { -1, 1, 0, 0 };

	static int T;

	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[360]; // 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 Exception {
		Reader in = new Reader();
		int N = in.nextInt();
		int[] a = new int[N];
		int[] b = new int[N];
		int[] c = new int[N];
		for(int i = 0; i < N; ++i) {
			a[i] = in.nextInt();
			b[i] = in.nextInt();
			c[i] = in.nextInt();
		}
		if(N == 1) {
			System.out.println(Math.max(a[0], Math.max(b[0], c[0])));
		}
		else {
			long[][] dp = new long[N + 1][3];
			for(int i = 1; i <= N; ++i) {
				dp[i][0] = Math.max(dp[i - 1][1] + a[i - 1], dp[i][0]);
				dp[i][0] = Math.max(dp[i - 1][2] + a[i - 1], dp[i][0]);
				dp[i][1] = Math.max(dp[i - 1][0] + b[i - 1], dp[i][1]);
				dp[i][1] = Math.max(dp[i - 1][2] + b[i - 1], dp[i][1]);
				dp[i][2] = Math.max(dp[i - 1][0] + c[i - 1], dp[i][2]);
				dp[i][2] = Math.max(dp[i - 1][1] + c[i - 1], dp[i][2]);
			}
			System.out.println(Math.max(Math.max(dp[N][0], dp[N][1]), dp[N][2]));
		}
		in.close();
	}
}

Measured memory_bytes: 39472