// Slower C++ solution:
/*

				" اللهم صلي و سلم علي سيدنا محمد و علي اله وصحبه اجمعين "

*/





#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS

#include<bits/stdc++.h>

#define f for

#define ll long long

#define ull unsigned long long

#define endl "\n"

using namespace std;

#define BI  acos(-1)

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

void Open()

{

#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE

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

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

#endif

}

ll gcd(ll a, ll b)

{

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

}

void madesetprobblem()

{

	//$ $

	//less than or equal => $ 1 \leq 100 $

	//  $(1 \le A,B \le 10^5 )$

	// a[i] => $a_i$

	// a[i][j] => $a_{i,j}$

	// double qoutes ''yext''

	/*

		image

		\begine{center}

		\includegraphics{image.jpg}

		\end{center}

	*/

	/*

		list

		\begin{itemize}

			\item first one

			\item second one

		\end{itemize}

	*/

}

int n;

vector<int>a(1e5 + 2),dp(1e5+2,-1);

int ans(int c = 0)

{

	if (c == n-1)

		return 0;

	int ans1 = INT_MAX, ans2 = INT_MAX;

	if (dp[c] != -1)

		ans1 = dp[c];

	else

	{

		if (c + 1 < n)

			ans1 = (abs(a[c] - a[c + 1]) + ans(c + 1));

		if (c + 2 < n)

			ans2 = (abs(a[c] - a[c + 2]) + ans(c + 2));

		dp[c] = min(ans1, ans2);

	}

	//cout <<c<<" "<< ans1 << " " << ans2 << endl;

	return min(ans1,ans2);

}

int main()

{

	// توكلت علي الله 

//Open();

	ios::sync_with_stdio(false);

	cin.tie(NULL);

	cout.tie(NULL);

	cin >> n;

	f(int i = 0; i < n; i++)

	{

		cin >> a[i];

	}

	cout << ans();

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.813372276324577x):
////=====BIsmillahir Rahmanir Rahim =====////



/*                        ______

 _______   /\     |``\   |        |  /

    |     /  \    |__/   |____    |/

    |    / _ _\   |  \   |        |\

    |   /      \  |   \  |______  |  \



            Dept. of CSE

         Comilla University



*/

#include<bits/stdc++.h>

#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>

#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp>

#include <ext/pb_ds/detail/standard_policies.hpp>

#define fi 2*acos(0.0)

#define ee 2.71828

#define ll  long long

#define FIO ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);cin.tie(0);cout.tie(0);

#define Node struct node

#define spc " "

#define  E  2.71828182845904523536

#define pb push_back

#define pp pop_back

#define ff first

#define ss second

#define valid(nx,ny) nx>=0 && nx<n && ny>=0 && ny<m

#define edl printf("\n")

#define infinity 1e16

#define mod 1000000007

#define cn continue

#define csprint1 printf("Case %lld: ", cs++)

#define csprint2 printf("Case %lld:\n", cs++)

#define sf(a) scanf("%lld", &a)

#define sff(a,b) scanf("%lld %lld",&a,&b)

#define sfff(a,b,c) scanf("%lld %lld %lld",&a,&b,&c)

#define sffff(a,b,c,d) scanf("%lld %lld %lld %lld",&a,&b,&c,&d)

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

#define pfn(a) printf("%lld\n",a)

#define pfs(a) printf("%lld ",a)



using namespace __gnu_pbds;

using namespace std;

typedef pair<ll, ll> pl;

typedef vector<int> vi;

typedef vector<pl> vpi;

typedef vector<pl> vpl;

typedef tree<pair<ll, int> , null_type, less<pair<ll, int> >, rb_tree_tag, tree_order_statistics_node_update> ost;

#define error(args...) { string _s = #args; replace(_s.begin(), _s.end(), ',', ' '); stringstream _ss(_s); istream_iterator<string> _it(_ss); err(_it, args); }

void err(istream_iterator<string> it) {}

template<typename T, typename... Args>

void err(istream_iterator<string> it, T a, Args... args)

{

    cerr << *it << " = " << a <<","<< spc;

    err(++it, args...);

    cout<<edl;

}

///Bit manipulation



bool checkbit(int mask,int bit){return mask & (1<<bit);}

int setbit(int mask,int bit){ return mask | (1<<bit) ; }

int clearbit(int mask,int bit){return mask & ~(1<<bit);}

int togglebit(int mask,int bit){return mask ^ (1<<bit);}

int bitno(int mask) {return (int)__builtin_popcount(mask);}



/*----------------------Graph Moves----------------*/

const int fx[]={+1,-1,+0,+0};

const int fy[]={+0,+0,+1,-1};

//const int fx[]={+0,+0,+1,-1,-1,+1,-1,+1};   // Kings Move

//const int fy[]={-1,+1,+0,+0,+1,+1,-1,-1};  // Kings Move

//const int fx[]={-2, -2, -1, -1,  1,  1,  2,  2};  // Knights Move

//const int fy[]={-1,  1, -2,  2, -2,  2, -1,  1}; // Knights Move

/*------------------------------------------------*/



///=====================================///



const int  maX=1e5+10;

ll M = 10000007;

int main() {

    ll n;sf(n);

    ll ara[n];

    for(ll i=0;i<n;i++)sf(ara[i]);

    ll sum=0;

    ll dp[maX];

    dp[n-1]=0;

    for(ll i=n-2;i>=0;i--){

        ll x,y;

        x=dp[i+1]+abs(ara[i]-ara[i+1]);

        y=infinity;

        if(i+2<n){

            y=dp[i+2]+abs(ara[i]-ara[i+2]);

        }

        //cout<<x<<spc<<y<<endl;

        dp[i]=min(x,y);

    }

    pfn(dp[0]);

return 0;

}