Cyborg mentions his past as an athlete. Before he became Cyborg, Victor Stone had a promising athletic career in front of him, until a tragic accident that required cybernetics to save his life.
The scene where Cyborg tests his limits of endurance is very similar to a scene from the comics in "Tales of the Teen Titans" #42.
Atlas and Spike never appeared in the comics and were created specifically for this animated series.
The name Derrick Wyatt - heard in this episode - is a reference to the series character designer of the same name.