this can be done in O(n) using DP:
for (i=n-1;i>=0;i--){
dp[i]=max(dp[i+2],dp[i+3]); // usual
if (a[i]==a[i+1]) // excellent size 2
dp[i]=max(dp[i],2+dp[i+2]);
if (a[i]==a[i+1] && a[i+1]==a[i+2]) //excellent size 3
dp[i]=max(dp[i],2+dp[i+3]);
if (a[i]==a[i+1] || a[i]==a[i+2] || a[i+1]==a[i+2]) // good
dp[i]=max(dp[i],1+dp[i+3]);
}
the result is in dp[0]
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