// Slower C++ solution:
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

typedef long long ll;

using namespace std;

const int N = 2e5+10 , M = 5e5+10, OO = 0x3f3f3f3f ,  MOD = 1e9+7;

const double EPS = 1e-3;

#define M_PI 3.14159265358979323846

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

#define loop(i,n) for(int i = 0;i < int(n);i++)

#define rloop(i,n) for(int i = int(n)-1;i >= 0;i--)

#define range(i,a,b) for(int i = int(a);i <= int(b);i++)

#define pb push_back

#define F first

#define S second

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

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

typedef pair <int,int> pii ;

typedef vector < pii > vii ;

typedef vector < int > vi;

int dx[]={1,0,-1,0};int dy[]={0,1,0,-1}; //4 Direction

//int dx[]={1,1,0,-1,-1,-1,0,1};int dy[]={0,1,1,1,0,-1,-1,-1};//8 direction

//int dx[]={2,1,-1,-2,-2,-1,1,2};int dy[]={1,2,2,1,-1,-2,-2,-1};//Knight Direction

//int dx[6]={2,1,-1,-2,-1,1};int dy[6]={0,1,1,0,-1,-1}; //Hexagonal Direction

//freopen("input.txt", "r", stdin);

//freopen("output.txt", "w", stdout);







int n,x;

int a[N],b[N],c[N];

ll dp[N][4];





ll solve(int idx, int preC){ //preColour = (1 : a) -- (2 : b) -- (3 : c) -- (0 : invalid)



    if(idx == n) return 0;



    ll& ret = dp[idx][preC];

    if(~ret) return ret;



    ret = -OO;

    if(preC != 1) ret = max(ret, solve(idx+1 , 1)+a[idx]);

    if(preC != 2) ret = max(ret, solve(idx+1 , 2)+b[idx]);

    if(preC != 3) ret = max(ret, solve(idx+1 , 3)+c[idx]);



    return ret;



}







int main(){





    //ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);

    //cin.tie(0);cout.tie(0);





    scanf("%d",&n);

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

        scanf("%d %d %d",a+i,b+i,c+i);



    memset(dp, -1 , sizeof dp);

    ll ans = solve(0 , 0);

    printf("%lld\n",ans);







    return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 7.495415594414917x):
#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>

using namespace __gnu_pbds;

using namespace std;

#define getbit(n, i) (((n) & (1LL << (i))) != 0) 

#define setbit0(n, i) ((n) & (~(1LL << (i)))) 

#define setbit1(n, i) ((n) | (1LL << (i))) 

#define togglebit(n, i) ((n) ^ (1LL << (i))) 

#define lastone(n) ((n) & (-(n))) 

char gap = 32;

template<typename T> 

ostream& operator<<(ostream &os, const vector<T> &v) { 

    os << '{'; 

    for (const auto &x : v) os << gap << x;

        return os << '}'; 

}

template<typename A, typename B> 

ostream& operator<<(ostream &os, const pair<A, B> &p) {

        return os << '(' << p.first << gap << p.second << ')';

}



template <class T>

void read(T &x) {

    char c;

    for (c = getchar(); c < '0' || c > '9'; c = getchar())

        ;

    for (x = 0; c <= '9' && c >= '0'; c = getchar()) x = x * 10 + (c & 15);

}

#define ll long long 

#define lll __int128_t

#define pb push_back

#define mp make_pair

typedef pair < int,int> ii;

typedef vector<ii> vii;

typedef vector<ll>vl;

typedef vector<int> vi;

typedef vector<vi> vvi;

typedef tree<

int,

null_type,

less<int>,

rb_tree_tag,

tree_order_statistics_node_update>

ordered_set;

mt19937 rng(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());

ll hashPrime = 1610612741;

ll n;

ll a[200005];

ll b[200005];

ll c[200005];

ll dp[200005][4];

ll recurse(ll day,ll prev){

    if(day==n){

    	if(prev==1){

    		return max(b[day],c[day]);

		}

		else if(prev==2){

			return max(a[day],c[day]);

		}

		else{

				return max(b[day],a[day]);

			}

		}

		if(dp[day][prev]!=-1)

		  return dp[day][prev];

		//if(prev==0){

			//return max(recurse(day+1,1),max(recurse(day+1,2),recurse(day+1,3)));

	//	}

		if(prev==1){

			return dp[day][prev]=max(b[day]+recurse(day+1,2),c[day]+recurse(day+1,3));

		}

		else if(prev==2){

			return dp[day][prev]=max(a[day]+recurse(day+1,1),c[day]+recurse(day+1,3));

		}

		else if(prev==3){

			return dp[day][prev]=max(b[day]+recurse(day+1,2),a[day]+recurse(day+1,1));

		}

}

int main()

    {

       ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

        cin.tie(0);

        ll i,j,k,l,m;

        cin>>n;

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

        	dp[i][1]=-1;

        	dp[i][2]=-1;

        	dp[i][3]=-1;

		}

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

        	cin>>a[i]>>b[i]>>c[i];

		}

		ll maxi=max(recurse(1,1),max(recurse(1,2),recurse(1,3)));

		cout<<maxi;

    	return 0;

}