#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define ll long long
const int M = 1e3 + 1;
int dp[M][M];
int a[M][M];
int main()
{
    int n;
    cin >> n;
    for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
        for (int j = 1; j <= i; j++) {
            cin >> a[i][j];
        }
    }
    for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
        dp[1][i] = a[1][i];
    }
    for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
        for (int j = 1; j <= i; j++) {
            dp[i][j] = max(dp[i - 1][j - 1], dp[i][j]) + a[i][j];
        }
    }
    int ans = 0;
    for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
        ans = max(ans, dp[n][i]);
    }
    cout << ans << endl;
}