#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int main() {
ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
cin.tie(nullptr);
int r;
cin >> r;
vector<vector<int>> a(r, vector<int>(r, 0));
for (int i = 0; i < r; i++)
for (int j = 0; j <= i; j++)
cin >> a[i][j];
// f[i][j]:从塔尖走到第 i 行第 j 列的最大路径和
vector<vector<int>> f(r, vector<int>(r, 0));
for (int i = 0; i < r; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j <= i; j++) {
int best = 0;
if (i > 0) best = f[i - 1][j];
if (j > 0) best = max(best, f[i - 1][j - 1]);
f[i][j] = best + a[i][j];
}
}
int ans = 0;
for (int j = 0; j < r; j++) ans = max(ans, f[r - 1][j]);
cout << ans << "\n";
return 0;
}