// Slower C++ solution:
#include<set>

#include<map>

#include<cmath>

#include<ctime>

#include<queue>

#include<stack>

#include<cstdio>

#include<string>

#include<vector>

#include<random>

#include<cstdlib>

#include<cstring>

#include<iomanip>

#include<iostream>

#include<algorithm>

#include<unordered_map>

#define endl "\n"

#define fi first

#define se second

#define db double

#define gcd __gcd

#define pb push_back

#define mp make_pair

#define lowbit(x) (x & (-x))

#define PII  pair<int, int> 

#define all(x) x.begin(), x.end()

#define debug(x) cout << #x << " = " << x << endl

#define rep(i, a, b) for(__typeof(b) i = a; i <= (b); i++)

#define Rep(i, a, b) for(__typeof(a) i = a; i >= (b); i--)

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

template<class T> inline T qmin(T a, T b) { return a < b ? a : b; }

template<class T> inline T qmax(T a, T b) { return a > b ? a : b; }

typedef long long ll;

typedef unsigned long long ull;

const db eps = 1e-9;

const db PI = acos(-1);

const int inf = 0x3f3f3f3f;

const int mod = (int)1e9 + 7;

const int maxn = (int)1e5 + 5;//remember to modify it, No RE or MLE

const ll INF = 0x3f3f3f3f3f3f3f3f;

using namespace std;

ll qpow(ll x, ll y) { ll ret = 1; for( ; y; y >>= 1, x = (x * x) % mod) if(y & 1) ret = (ret * x) % mod; return ret; }



inline int read(){

	char ch = getchar();

	int x = 0, f = 1;

	while(ch < '0' || ch > '9'){

		if(ch == '-') f = -1;

		ch = getchar();

	}

	while('0' <= ch && ch <= '9'){

		x = x * 10 + ch - '0';

		ch = getchar();

	}

	return x * f;

}



int n;

int h[maxn], dp[maxn];



int main()

{

	n = read();

	rep(i, 1, n) h[i] = read();

	memset(dp, 0x3f, sizeof dp);

	dp[1] = 0;

	rep(i, 1, n){

		dp[i+1] = qmin(dp[i+1], dp[i] + abs(h[i] - h[i+1]));

		dp[i+2] = qmin(dp[i+2], dp[i] + abs(h[i] - h[i+2]));

	}

	printf("%d\n", dp[n]);

	return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3555386555560558x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#include <algorithm>

#include <climits>

#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>

#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp>

#include <iostream>

#include <math.h>

using namespace __gnu_pbds;

using namespace std;

#define ll long long

typedef tree<ll,null_type,less<ll>,rb_tree_tag,tree_order_statistics_node_update> pbds;

#define vll vector<ll> 

#define nl cout << endl

#define fr(a,b) for(auto i=a;i<b;i++)

#define pll pair<ll,ll>

#define f first

#define s second

#define vpll vector<pll>

#define ump unordered_map

#define YES cout << "YES" << endl

#define NO cout << "NO" << endl

#define IN(a,b) ((a).find(b)!=(a).end())

#define pb push_back

#define mkp make_pair

#define PI M_PI

#define INF 1e18

#define deb(x) if(ON) cout << #x <<" : " << x << endl

#define fast ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false)

#define io cin.tie(NULL),cout.tie(NULL)

#define ON !false

ll dx[]={0,-1,0,1};

ll dy[]={1,0,-1,0};

const ll mod=1e9+7;

ll i,j;

ll add(ll a,ll b){

    return  ((a%mod)+(b%mod)+mod)%mod;

}

ll mul(ll a,ll b){

    return ((a%mod)*(b%mod)+mod)%mod;

}

void pause(ll id){

    cout << "Waiting " << id << endl;

    cin >> id;

}



const int mxn=1e5+10;

ll n,t;





signed main(){

    fast;

    io;

    if(!true){

        freopen("in.txt","r",stdin);

        freopen("out.txt","w",stdout);

    }



    cin >> n;

    ll h[n];

    vll ans(n,0);

    ll i,j;

    for(i=0;i<n;i++){

        cin >> h[i];

    }

    for(i=1;i<n;i++){

        ll mn=abs(h[i]-h[i-1])+ans[i-1];

        if(i>=2){

            mn=min(mn,abs(h[i]-h[i-2])+ans[i-2]);

        }

        ans[i]+=mn;

    }

    cout << ans[n-1] << endl;

   

    return 0;

}