// Slower C++ solution:
// Created by ahmed_drawy on 10/09/19.

///dp educational contest atcoder - vjudge

#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#include <string.h>

#pragma clang diagnostic push

#pragma ide diagnostic ignored "OCUnusedMacroInspection"

using namespace std;

#define lp(i,start , end)       for(int i = start ; i<end ; ++i)

#define lllp(i,start , end)       for(ll i = start ; i<end ; ++i)

#define inN(arr ,  n) for(int i = 0 ; i< n ; ++i)  cin>>arr[i];

#define Rlp(i,start , end)      for(int i = start ; i>end ; --i)

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

#define sz(v)                  (int)((v).size())

#define clr(v,d)                memset(v , d , sizeof(v))

#define inf 0x3f3f3f3f

//#define dbg (v)    for(auto it : v)cout<<it<<' ';

typedef long long               ll;

typedef vector<int>             vi;

typedef vector  <ll>            vll;

typedef vector<vector<int> >    adj;

typedef pair<int ,int>          pii;

const double EPS =1e-7;

const int OO = 1e6;

#define endl '\n'

#define cint(c) (int)c -'0';

#define itc(c) (char)c +'A';

bool sortpair( const pair<int , int> & x, const pair<int , int> & y){

    return  x.first != y.first ? x.first < y.first : x.second > y.second ;

}

int dcomp(double x , double y){

    return fabs(x-y) <= EPS? 0: x>y?1:-1;

}



void smile() {

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(NULL); cout.tie(NULL);

#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE

//    freopen("/home/tw3/Desktop/Desktop/training/in.txt", "r", stdin);

//    freopen("/home/tw3/Desktop/Desktop/training/out.txt" , "w" , stdout);

#endif

}

#define fastin smile()



int n ;

const int N = 1e5 +3;

ll dp[N];

int h[N];

//ll solve(int indx , int state){

//    if(indx == n-1 )return 0 ;

//    ll &ret = dp[indx  ] [ state];

//    if(~ret )

//        return ret;

//    ret=  INT_MAX;

//    for (int i = 1; i <=2 && i+indx < n ; ++i) {

//        ret = min(ret , abs(h[indx]  - h[indx+ i])+solve(indx + i , i ));

//    }

//    return ret ;

//}

int main() {

    fastin;

    cin >> n;

    inN(h,  n );

    clr(dp , 0);

    for (int j = 1; j <n ; ++j) {

        if(j>=2){

            dp[j] = min(dp[j-1] + abs(h[j-1] - h[j]) , abs(h[j-2] - h[j])+dp[j-2]);

        }

        else if(j ==1){

            dp[j] = abs(h[j] - h[j-1])+dp[j-1];

        }

    }

    cout << dp[n-1];

//

//    clr(dp , -1);

//    cout << solve(0, 1)<<endl;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.7848358381999387x):
/*

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*/

#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS

#include<bits/stdc++.h>

#include<unordered_map>

#define endl "\n"

#define Ceil(x,y) ((x+y-1)/y)

#define clr(arr, x) memset(arr, x, sizeof arr)

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

#define allr(s) s.rbegin(),s.rend()

#define rt(s) return cout<<s,0

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

#define sz(s)	(int)(s.size())

#define OO 0x3f3f3f3f3f3f3f3fLL

const int oo = 0x3f3f3f3f, mod = 1e9 + 7;

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

typedef long double ld;

typedef unsigned long long ull;

//x = xDegrees*3.14159265 / 180;

//ef1tn=(( (n / 2)*( (n / 2) + 1) / 2) * 2);

//of1tn=(n * (n + 1) / 2 - 2 * ((n / 2) * (n / 2 + 1) / 2));

int dx[] { 1, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1 };

int dy[] { 0, 0, 1, -1, 1, -1, 1, -1 };

void K_K(){

	ios::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0);

}

ll gcd(ll a, ll b) {

	return b == 0 ? abs(a) : gcd(b, a % b);

}

ll lcm(ll a, ll b) {

	return a / gcd(a, b) * b;

}

int n;

vector<int>arr;

map < pair<int, int>, int > dp;

int sol(int idx, int cur){

	if (idx >= n){

		if (cur == arr[n - 1])

			return 0;

		return oo;

	}

	if (dp.find({ idx, cur }) != dp.end())

		return dp[{idx, cur}];

	int ch1 = sol(idx + 1, arr[idx]) + abs(cur - arr[idx]);

	int ch2 = sol(idx + 2, arr[idx]) + abs(cur - arr[idx]);

	return dp[{idx, cur}] = min(ch1, ch2);

}

int main(){

	K_K();

	cin >> n;

	arr.resize(n);

	for (auto &it : arr)

		cin >> it;

	cout << sol(0, arr[0]);

}