The largest rowing class consisted of 191 participants rowing simultaneously and was achieved by Akademischer Sportverband Zürich (Switzerland), in Zurich, Switzerland, on 27 January 2012. The class lasted for 60 minutes on the concept2 indoor rowers and was taken by Florian Eigenmann who had previously held this record.
The CMS2 Silicon Stop Tracking Detector is designed to track the three dimensional positions of particles produced in collisions inside the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment, within the Large Hadron Collider. This array has a total surface area of 205 m2, roughly the size of a tennis court.
The largest ski lesson was attended by 594 skiers who were instructed by Hansjürg Gredig (Switzerland) of the Swiss-Snowsport School at Sarn-Heinzenberg (Graubünden), Switzerland, on 23 February 2008. The lesson was 1,300 metres long and took 16 minutes. Although Hansjürg Gredig led the lesson there were supplementary instructors for every 20-30 people to ensure the lesson was being followed correctly.
The largest sledge measures 10 m (32 ft 9 in) long, 4 m (13 ft 1 in) wide and 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in) tall. The sledge was made by the tourism association of Bergün, Switzerland and pulled through the village on 4 February 2006.
The largest speeding fine is a reported $290,000 (£180,000) ticket given to an anonymous Swiss motorist who was caught driving 137 km/h (85 mph) in a 80 km/h (50 mph) zone in a village near St. Gallen, Switzerland, in January 2010. The man in question was driving a red Ferrari Testarossa and the fine was calculated based on his wealth which the court assessed at $22.7 million (£14.1 million) – it was also increased because he was a repeat offender.
The Barrel Toroid consists of eight magnet coils in an array 25 m long (82 ft) and 5 m wide (16 ft). It weighs 100 tonnes. Part of the Atlas Detector, it was first tested in 2006 at an operating temperature of -269 C and is designed to use a 4 Tesla magnetic field to bend the paths of particles produced in the collisions in the Large Hadron Collider.
On 12 April 2003, 1,306 participants rang a total of 2,055 cowbells simultaneously in a cowbell ringing event organized by Glarner Braunviehzuchtverband in Glarus, Switzerland.
The largest teepee stands 15.61 m (51 ft 2 in) high and 16.34 m (53 ft 7 in) in diameter. It was constructed by the fire fighters of Horgenberg, Switzerland on 13 November 2004. The teepee is made of wood and covered in tarpaulin.
The largest white cane measured 23.55 m (77 ft 3.16 in) and was achieved by the Swiss Federation of the Blind and Visually Impaired Fribourg Section (Switzerland) in Fribourg, Switzerland, on 27 August 2011. Mrs Helga Gruber, Co-President received the certificate.
The largest wooden sculpture depicts a Sioux Indian Head measuring 22.92 m (75 feet 2 inches) and was created by Michel Schmid in Porrentruy, Switzerland, on 19 August 2008.