diff --git a/Sources/Animator/HeroAnimatorViewContext.swift b/Sources/Animator/HeroAnimatorViewContext.swift
index 86b1ecc1..bac9919e 100644
--- a/Sources/Animator/HeroAnimatorViewContext.swift
+++ b/Sources/Animator/HeroAnimatorViewContext.swift
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ internal class HeroAnimatorViewContext {
   func apply(state: HeroTargetState) {
   }
 
-  func resume(timePassed: TimeInterval, reverse: Bool) {
+  func resume(timePassed: TimeInterval, reverse: Bool) -> TimeInterval {
+    return 0
   }
 
   func seek(timePassed: TimeInterval) {
@@ -54,7 +55,8 @@ internal class HeroAnimatorViewContext {
     animator = nil
   }
 
-  func startAnimations() {
+  func startAnimations() -> TimeInterval {
+    return 0
   }
 
   required init(animator: HeroAnimator, snapshot: UIView, targetState: HeroTargetState, appearing: Bool) {
diff --git a/Sources/Animator/HeroCoreAnimationViewContext.swift b/Sources/Animator/HeroCoreAnimationViewContext.swift
index 6e50080a..425e145a 100644
--- a/Sources/Animator/HeroCoreAnimationViewContext.swift
+++ b/Sources/Animator/HeroCoreAnimationViewContext.swift
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ internal class HeroCoreAnimationViewContext: HeroAnimatorViewContext {
     }
   }
 
-  override func resume(timePassed: TimeInterval, reverse: Bool) {
+  override func resume(timePassed: TimeInterval, reverse: Bool) -> TimeInterval {
     for (key, (fromValue, toValue)) in state {
       let realToValue = !reverse ? toValue : fromValue
       let realFromValue = currentValue(key: key)
@@ -335,21 +335,25 @@ internal class HeroCoreAnimationViewContext: HeroAnimatorViewContext {
     if reverse {
       if timePassed > targetState.delay + duration {
         let backDelay = timePassed - (targetState.delay + duration)
-        animate(beginTime: currentTime + backDelay, duration: duration)
+        return animate(delay: backDelay, duration: duration)
       } else if timePassed > targetState.delay {
-        animate(beginTime: currentTime, duration: duration - (timePassed - targetState.delay))
+        return animate(delay: 0, duration: duration - (timePassed - targetState.delay))
+      } else {
+        return 0
       }
     } else {
       if timePassed <= targetState.delay {
-        animate(beginTime: currentTime + targetState.delay - timePassed, duration: duration)
+        return animate(delay: targetState.delay - timePassed, duration: duration)
       } else if timePassed <= targetState.delay + duration {
         let timePassedDelay = timePassed - targetState.delay
-        animate(beginTime: currentTime, duration: duration - timePassedDelay)
+        return animate(delay: 0, duration: duration - timePassedDelay)
+      } else {
+        return 0
       }
     }
   }
 
-  func animate(beginTime: TimeInterval, duration: TimeInterval) {
+  func animate(delay: TimeInterval, duration: TimeInterval) -> TimeInterval {
     for (layer, key, _) in animations {
       layer.removeAnimation(forKey: key)
     }
@@ -362,11 +366,11 @@ internal class HeroCoreAnimationViewContext: HeroAnimatorViewContext {
 
     animations = []
     for (key, (fromValue, toValue)) in state {
-      let neededTime = animate(key: key, beginTime: beginTime, duration: duration, fromValue: fromValue, toValue: toValue)
+      let neededTime = animate(key: key, beginTime: currentTime + delay, duration: duration, fromValue: fromValue, toValue: toValue)
       timeUntilStop = max(timeUntilStop, neededTime)
     }
 
-    self.duration = timeUntilStop + beginTime - currentTime
+    return timeUntilStop + delay
   }
 
   func seek(layer: CALayer, timePassed: TimeInterval) {
@@ -394,7 +398,7 @@ internal class HeroCoreAnimationViewContext: HeroAnimatorViewContext {
     overlayLayer = nil
   }
 
-  override func startAnimations() {
+  override func startAnimations() -> TimeInterval {
     if let beginStateModifiers = targetState.beginState {
       let beginState = HeroTargetState(modifiers: beginStateModifiers)
       let appeared = viewState(targetState: beginState)
@@ -417,6 +421,6 @@ internal class HeroCoreAnimationViewContext: HeroAnimatorViewContext {
       state[key] = (fromValue, toValue)
     }
 
-    animate(beginTime: currentTime + targetState.delay, duration: duration)
+    return animate(delay: targetState.delay, duration: duration)
   }
 }
diff --git a/Sources/Animator/HeroDefaultAnimator.swift b/Sources/Animator/HeroDefaultAnimator.swift
index bd39e8ae..a0dd17ba 100644
--- a/Sources/Animator/HeroDefaultAnimator.swift
+++ b/Sources/Animator/HeroDefaultAnimator.swift
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ internal class HeroDefaultAnimator<ViewContext: HeroAnimatorViewContext>: HeroAn
                                    calculateOptimizedDuration(snapshot: viewContext.snapshot,
                                                               targetState: viewContext.targetState) + timePassed)
       }
-      viewContext.resume(timePassed: timePassed, reverse: reverse)
-      duration = max(duration, viewContext.duration)
+      let timeUntilStopped = viewContext.resume(timePassed: timePassed, reverse: reverse)
+      duration = max(duration, timeUntilStopped)
     }
     return duration
   }
@@ -105,11 +105,8 @@ internal class HeroDefaultAnimator<ViewContext: HeroAnimatorViewContext>: HeroAn
       if viewContext.targetState.duration == .infinity {
         viewContext.duration = maxDuration
       }
-      viewContext.startAnimations()
-    }
-
-    for viewContext in viewContexts.values {
-      maxDuration = max(maxDuration, viewContext.duration)
+      let timeUntilStopped = viewContext.startAnimations()
+      maxDuration = max(maxDuration, timeUntilStopped)
     }
 
     return maxDuration
diff --git a/Sources/Animator/HeroViewPropertyViewContext.swift b/Sources/Animator/HeroViewPropertyViewContext.swift
index db2e2480..d8eacdd8 100644
--- a/Sources/Animator/HeroViewPropertyViewContext.swift
+++ b/Sources/Animator/HeroViewPropertyViewContext.swift
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ internal class HeroViewPropertyViewContext: HeroAnimatorViewContext {
     return view is UIVisualEffectView && state.opacity != nil
   }
 
-  override func resume(timePassed: TimeInterval, reverse: Bool) {
-    guard let visualEffectView = snapshot as? UIVisualEffectView else { return }
+  override func resume(timePassed: TimeInterval, reverse: Bool) -> TimeInterval {
+    guard let visualEffectView = snapshot as? UIVisualEffectView else { return 0 }
     if reverse {
       viewPropertyAnimator?.stopAnimation(false)
       viewPropertyAnimator = UIViewPropertyAnimator(duration: duration, curve: .linear) {
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ internal class HeroViewPropertyViewContext: HeroAnimatorViewContext {
       }
     }
     viewPropertyAnimator.startAnimation()
+    return duration
   }
 
   override func seek(timePassed: TimeInterval) {
@@ -54,8 +55,8 @@ internal class HeroViewPropertyViewContext: HeroAnimatorViewContext {
     viewPropertyAnimator = nil
   }
 
-  override func startAnimations() {
-    guard let visualEffectView = snapshot as? UIVisualEffectView else { return }
+  override func startAnimations() -> TimeInterval {
+    guard let visualEffectView = snapshot as? UIVisualEffectView else { return 0 }
     let appearedEffect = visualEffectView.effect
     let disappearedEffect = targetState.opacity == 0 ? nil : visualEffectView.effect
     startEffect = appearing ? disappearedEffect : appearedEffect
@@ -65,5 +66,6 @@ internal class HeroViewPropertyViewContext: HeroAnimatorViewContext {
       visualEffectView.effect = self.endEffect
     }
     viewPropertyAnimator.startAnimation()
+    return duration
   }
 }